Archives
Southern African Art and Art History
in
Basel
Most of the extensive archives on Southern African art and art history which had been assembled by “The Haenggi Foundation Inc.”, Johannesburg / Basel, covering the period 1946 to 2011 were donated freely to the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (Southern Africa Library) (BAB), part of the Carl Schlettwein Foundation, during 2014.
These include the following archives
1390 Artists’ files - S.A. artists: White: 1213 and S.A. artists: Black:177
Files on “Art News” and “Group Shows” covering the period 1946 to 2011, year by year
“Art and Art Education News from Southern Africa” - files covering the period 1960s to 2014 under the Categories: S.A. Art News General, Tribal, African Music, Schools + Art Centres, Crafts, Universities, Museums, Other Public Collections, Auction News S.A., Galleries
Amanda Anne JEPHSON archives relating to her MA on "Aspects of Twentieth Century Black South African Art up to 1980" from 1989
In support, BAB also received freely a substantial archive on books and other publications relating to Southern African art and art history
257 titles selected by BAB from the holdings of The Haenggi Foundation Inc., as listed on 33 pp., updated February, 2017
These titles include the following series:
ARTLOOK Johannesburg – all 104 issues from 1966 to 1977
LANTERN – a journal of knowledge and culture – issues as listed by artist
LANTERN – a journal of knowledge and culture – issues by date
DE ARTE published by Unisa – various issues 1965 to 1973
“VITA Art Now” catalogues from 1986 to 1993 – see analysis!
Pretoria Art Museum Bulletins 1970-1994, 1995-2002 – see list and analysis on these links:
http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/PDFs/PAM_Quarterly_Bulletins_1970-1994_analysis.pdf
http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/PDFs/PAM_Bulletin_1995_2002_analysis.pdf
Various other art journals, reports and the like, in part listed on http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/ or illustrated hereafter.
"South African Art News and Review", Johannesburg - 1961 - click on image for better view!
Various exhibition posters - one set illustrated on http://www.sithole.com/Exhibition-Posters.htm and on http://www.art-archives-southafrica.ch/PDFs/Posters_Gallery21_1-3.pdf
A master set of all Adler Fielding Galleries press reviews and announcements
A master set of all art reviews by Richard Cheales – books I-III, 383 pp.
Photo albums: Dan Rakgoathe + John Muafangejo
The following books are still held by The Haenggi Foundation Inc., Basel, available to researchers through BAB
More than 245 Monographs on South African artists and Africana (listed)
Overseas publications which include South African artists in addition to international artists (listed)
Books on South African art, art history, architecture, anthropology, ceramics (listed)
Art books relating to Africa other than Southern Africa (listed)
Numerous illustrated auction catalogues from
Bonham’s London, Strauss & Co., Johannesburg and Cape Town, Welz / Sothebys and Stephan Welz & Co., Johannesburg and Cape Town, relating to South African art.
Researchers in these fields may access the physical records kept by BAB as a research unit by prior arrangement with BAB; however, additional data may not yet have been transferred to BAB (e.g. audio, video, email correspondence or larger files on specific artists and additional computer downloads). These can be obtained from Mr F.F. Haenggi by prior arrangement through BAB, as long as he is available.
The handing over of all remaining data to BAB is expected to be finalised by the end of 2017.
Web References
Basler Afrika Bibliographien (Southern Africa Library) (BAB)
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The Haenggi Foundation Inc. (history)
Johannesburg Art Scene 1960s to 1990s - quick links
Appreciation
Our appreciation to the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (Southern Africa Library) is hereby expressed for having accepted to take over our extensive archives on Southern African Art and Art History to be looked after by them under their personal archives collections, listed under "Fernand F. Haenggi".
Trustee, The Haenggi Foundation Inc.
Webpage under construction - updated 27th February, 2017