Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Series List
- Container List
Collection Summary
Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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Creator: | Pfeiffer, Werner, 1937- |
Title: | Werner Pfeiffer Collection |
Dates: | 1953-2017 |
Quantity: | 24 cubic feet |
Abstract: | Prints, drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures and artists books created by Pfeiffer, as well as publicity material and other records relating to his art career. |
Biographical Note
Werner Pfeiffer was born in 1937 in Stuttgart in the southwestern part of Germany. He studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in his home town. In 1961 he emigrated to the United States. Initially, he was active as a designer and art director on a variety of projects. In this capacity he received many citations and awards from the New York Art Directors Club, the New York Type Directors Club, the New York Society of Illustrators, and the American Institute of Graphic Arts. His design work has been widely published in the international design literature in magazines such as Graphis, Gebrauchsgrafik, Print, Modern Publicity and Art Direction. In 1969 he was appointed Professor of Art at Pratt Institute in New York. At the same time he assumed the position of director of the Pratt Adlib Press, a publishing venture of the Department of Graphic Art at Pratt. In the late 1960s he started to concentrate exclusively on his own work as sculptor, printmaker and painter. He lives in Red Hook, a small community in the mid-Hudson region in New York State.
His books, collages, drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures have been shown internationally in more than 100 group exhibitions and in over 75 solo shows in countries such as Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Switzerland and throughout the United States.
Over the years he has received numerous public sculpture commissions from the State of Connecticut, the Federal Government of Germany, the State of Niedersachsen in Germany and the State of Massachusetts. Commissions in the private sector include projects for corporations such as Baxter International, Chemical Bank, Zürich, the Hartford Insurance Group, Lackwerke Wülfling, Daimler-Benz Credit Corp./USA and the Hartford Courant, a part of the Time Mirror Group.
Besides being part of many private collections here and abroad, his work is represented in major museums, and university and public collections throughout the world.
TopScope and Content Note
Prints, drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures and artists books created by Pfeiffer, as well as publicity material and other records relating to his art career.
TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Names:
- Carle, Eric
- Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
- Gekeler, Hans
- Grashow, James, 1942-
- Korf, Kumi
- Kyle, Hedi
- Landau, Jacob, 1917-2001
- Ponce de Leon, Michael, 1922-
- Saris, Anthony
- Uehara, Carole
Organizations:
- Pratt Adlib Press
Subjects:
- Artists' books--New York (State)
- Artists--New York (State)
Document Types:
- Artists' books (books)
- Book objects
- Drawings (visual works)
VCL Categories
- Art and Artists
- Printing and Publishing
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Werner Pfeiffer Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Werner Pfeiffer before transfer to Vassar College.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in multiple accessions, beginning in 2016, as gifts from Werner Pfeiffer.
Series List
1000 Miscellaneous | |
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1001: Early School Work | |
1002: Graphic Design Samples | |
1003: Teaching Activity | |
1004: Presentations | |
1005: X-mas Cards | |
1006: Special Gifts |
2000 Drawings | |
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2001: Drawings | |
2002: Sketchbooks | |
2003: Scroll Drawings | |
There are 90 images, each on a field 8" x 10", drawn on tissue paper between February 7 – February 13, 1978. They were done as a linear study of moving images, with sharp edged, aggressive expressions. The scroll is 78' long. 27 of these images were later used in Errantry, a documentation of all the conflicts and wars of the 20th century. | |
2004: Doodles | |
2005: Banana Drawings |
3000 Prints | |
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3001: Drawings and Sketches of Prints | |
3002: Early Prints and Woodcuts | |
3003: Experimental Prints |
4000 Sculptures | |
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3001: Drawings |
5000 Paintings | |
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5001: Early Pieces | |
5002: Shaped and Rotating Canvases | |
5003: System-Kunst, Assembly Art, Zippers |
6000 Collages | |
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6001: Collage Constructions | |
6002: Collages |
7000 Books | |
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7005: Experimental Pieces |
8000 Publicity and Records | |
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8001: Visual Diaries | |
8002: Announcements and Catalogues | |
8003: Audio-Visual, Exhibits and Awards, Writing | |
8006: Correspondence and Records | |
8007: Posters |
9000 Private Collection Items | |
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9003: Prints | |
9004: Greeting Cards | |
9005: Adlib Press |
Container List
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Details
Prints, drawings, paintings, collages, sculptures and artists books created by Pfeiffer, as well as publicity material and other records relating to his art career.