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twentieth century was explored in the program Paris to
Fort Lee: French Filmmakers and the American Industry,
while portrayals of Spain were discussed by a panel of
scholars in the series Seeking Spain in the Cinema.
Poetic filmmaking traditions in Ukraine and the
visionary tendency in contemporary American avantgarde
filmmaking were brought to light in special series.
In another ongoing project, sixteen-millimeter prints of
films by Andy Warhol were screened throughout the
course of the exhibition Warhol: Headlines. Continuing
regard for the major international film artists of the midtwentieth
century was demonstrated in several major
retrospectives: Robert Bresson; Maurice Tourneur: 1930s;
The Tales of Jan Švankmajer; Peter Greenaway on Painting;
Michelangelo Antonioni Centenary; Aleksei Guerman: War
and Remembrance; and Miloš Forman: Lives of an Artist.
Independent American film artists David Gatten, Fred
Worden, Lynn Sachs, Mark Street, Liza Johnson, Amie
Siegel, Bill Morrison, and Ernie Gehr discussed their work
in the recurring programs known as “American Originals
Now.” Miró contemporaries Pere Portabella and Segundo
de Chomón and the important documentary work of the
Checkerboard Foundation were honored, as were landmark
anniversaries of films including writer-filmmaker
John Berger’s Ways of Seeing. The annual preservation
festival From Vault to Screen attracted full houses to many
screenings, as did the series Japanese Divas and the presentation
of the new Japanese film Hanezu, organized with
support from the Japan Foundation in conjunction with
the exhibition Colorful Realm.
Hanezu, 2011, Directed by Naomi Kawase,
Courtesy of Memento Films
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Resources for Scholarly Research
The Library added 5,791 books and 1,215 auction
catalogues to its holdings. Reference librarians welcomed
more than 3,200 visitors; provided 970 orientations to
staff, CASVA fellows, and local university classes and
researchers; and answered more than 23,680 queries.
More than 3,000 digital scans from rare materials were
provided to staff, CASVA fellows, scholars in London,
Germany, and Italy, as well as the Hillwood Museum,
the National Numismatics Collection, and the Ringling
Museum of Art.
Through its interlibrary loan program, the Library
shared 6,457 titles with university and museum libraries in
the United States and Canada as well as with institutions
in Scotland, Wales, the Netherlands, Israel, Australia, and
New Zealand.
The department of image collections acquired more
than 65,000 images, including 47,623 photographs, negatives,
transparencies, and images in microform; eleven
CD-ROMs; seventeen rare photographic albums; 330
cartes de visite; and more than 19,000 digital files. The
department’s holdings total more than thirteen million
images, making it one of the world’s largest art and architecture
image repositories. Image specialists answered
1,462 reference inquiries and provided 343 orientations in
addition to assisting staff and CASVA fellows.
In addition to Gallery staff, several individuals made
significant donations. William Craft Brumfield continued
to add images of Russian architecture; James
Ackerman deposited photographs of Leonardo da Vinci
drawings; Wolfgang Wolters added negatives and photographs
of Italian sculpture; David Applegate and
Hans Lemke donated digital files of Cuban architecture;
Norman Sasowsky provided a photographic archive of
Reginald Marsh prints; and Sharon Pollice, George
West, and Charles B. Wood III enhanced the collection
of rare photographs.
Architectural historian James Goode and photographer
Bruce White continued to document historic residences
in the Washington, DC area. With the support of the
Kiplinger Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul
II, interior and exterior photography and floor plans are
in preparation.
The Gallery Archives vigorously pursued projects to
prepare historical materials for use in an increasingly
digital environment, while continuing to provide services
for researchers. The Gallery’s digital archival repository
was reorganized for improved management and security.
Extensive digital photographs of Gallery exhibitions,
events, people, and scenes, as well as contractor images
and video of the East Building Exterior Stone Repair
Project were added to the repository. A multi-year project
to digitize historical photographic images and archival