UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
UCLA
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Phone: (310) 443-7000
- Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/
The collection of the UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts comprises more than 45,000 prints, drawings, photographs, and artists' books dating from the Renaissance to the present. Established in 1956 with a substantial gift from Fred Grunwald, the collection has been steadily enriched through significant acquisitions and donations. A primary resource for teaching and research, the Grunwald Center houses one of the most significant collections of works on paper in the country.
Collections at this institution
Japanese Prints
The Grunwald Center's collection of 40,000 works on paper includes 950 prints by Japanese Edo and Meiji period artists. The Center acquired many of these prints in 1965 from the Estate of Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959). Artists represented in this impressive group include Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi....
Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
61 Items
Landscape Prints and Drawings Collection
Since its founding in 1956 the Grunwald Center has acquired a formidable number of landscape prints and drawings dating from the Renaissance to the present. A 1988 bequest of more than 850 landscape prints and drawings from the collection of Los Angeles architect Rudolf L. Baumfeld significantly enhanced this wide-ranging and well-studied thematic area. Given its many strengths, the Baumfeld Bequest is a fitting locus for a brief examination of landscape art in the Center's collection....
Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
39 Items
Old Master Prints
The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the UCLA Hammer Museum is renowned for its splendid holdings of over 5,500 European prints and drawings dating from the 15th to the 18th centuries. The following collection guide includes a selection of prints from these holdings and is based on "Inventing the Print: 1500-1800," an exhibition organized by the Center in 2003....
Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
75 Items
Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection
In 1989 UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young acquired the Richard Vogler Cruikshank Collection on behalf of the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts. Comprising 3,500 works on paper--drawings, prints, illustrated books, serials, and pamphlets, as well as letters and autographs--the Vogler Cruikshank collection is the most comprehensive holding of works by George, Isaac, and Robert Cruikshank in the western United States. Richard Vogler, a distinguished collector and university professor, built his collection of works by and about the Cruikshanks carefully, studiously, and with great dedication over many years....
Institution: UCLA, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
71 Items
