Diego Rivera, Bark Painting, Vessels, Clothing, 1963-1992
File — Box: 16, Folder: 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection includes around 78,000 35mm slides and a small number of film negatives photographed by Furst. There are also commercially purchased slides and some taken by a few other photographers, including his wife, Dee Furst. Furst used this collection for his teaching and research. The image topics include: pre-Hispanic and colonial era Latin American art and architecture; pre-Columbian, colonial, modern, and contemporary Native American ceremonial, tourist, and functional art objects, fine art, and cultural photographs; Asian and Siberian art and cultural artifacts; and photographs of flora and fauna specimens. The collection includes Furst's visits to many pre-Hispanic archaeological sites, as well as his trips to Europe. Many of the photographs are from museum collections, as well as galleries and private collections, with a significant number of images from the pre-Columbian expert David Stuart's gallery collections in Los Angeles.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Collection was received as binders of slides labeled by Furst into groups believed to correspond to lecture and research groupings. Furst's binder arrangement is preserved in folders, with each folder or folder group corresponding to one of the original binders. Slide order within binders/folders has generally been preserved; but binders have been alphabetized by topic. Collection was first received by the Bunting Visual Resources Library at the University of New Mexico and was later transferred to the Center for Southwest Research in 2016 and was processed in 2019. Specific identifying information is recorded in "general" notes with the archival object file records. A 2023 addition is comprised of an unpublished, incomplete book project returned by a publisher. The proposed book would have been titled "Shamanism and Arts of Ecstasy" and proposal materials include slides, prints, correspondence and an incomplete manuscript.
Dates
- 1963-1992
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 78,000 items (31 boxes) : 78,000 film transparencies; 9 color prints ; 35 mm slides and negatives
General
Sheet 1: Some dates illegible. Three slides in commercial housings: Diego Rivera Teatro de los Insurgentes mural. Masks. Photos of agave. Several slides marked with descriptions. 9/1983.
Sheet 2: Quiriguá: Día de la Santa Cruz, Puerto Juarez. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1974, 3/1975.
Sheet 3: Seven slides in commercial housings: Diego Rivera Teatro de los Insurgentes mural. Mask. Guerrero bark paper painting. Several slides marked with descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1989
Sheet 4: Some dates illegible. Photos of Hildago, Durango arcade, Ely cathedral, San Cristobal de las Cosas, Sanctuary of the Virgin, Santa Prisca. Bark painting. Masks. Zacatecas child. Two slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1972, 1/1986.
Sheet 5: Bark paintings. Guadalajara, Chichicastenango and other markets. San Cristobal de los Casas cathedral. Zimapan courtyard. Guerrero Taxco cathedral. Saltillo cathedral. Several slides marked with descriptions. 4/1968, 10/1969, 7/1969, 8/1970, 5/1979.
Sheet 6: Bark paintings and artist, cut out bark paper. Undated.
Sheet 7: Bark paintings, cut out bark paper. Market. Undated.
Sheet 8: Woman bark painting. Photos of indigenous people, textiles. 2/1983.
Sheet 9: Bark paintings. Hoctun cemetery. Celerina Morales bark paintings. Cut out bark paper. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1965, 9/1974, 2/1983, 11/1992.
Sheet 10: Some dates illegible. Cuilapa religious sculpture. Mexico textile. Otomi basket. Guerrero mask. Michoacán metal pitcher. Jalisco plate. Metepec sculpture. Hidalgo landscape, truck. Sculpture outside cactus motel. One slide marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 12/1963, 8/1992, 11/1992.
Sheet 11: A few oversize slides in professional housings: Mexican murals at Dartmouth. Five slides discolored (pink). Mexico huipol. Masks. San Felipe del Progreso man. Texcoco ceramic plate. Huejotzingo atrium cross. Cuernavaca mural. Several slides marked with descriptions. 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1979, 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 12: Some dates illegible. San Luis Potosi church architecture. Tarascan textile. Zacatecas dance. Coyotepec perforated vessel. Altacomulco textile and people. 12/1963, 11/1992.
Sheet 13: Cuernavaca mural. Metepec sculpture. Jalisco polychrome vessel. Textile making in San Felipe del Progreso. Saint sculptures. Zacatecas dance child. 12/1961, 12/1963, 3/1965, 8/1974, 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Cuernavaca mural. Mural of costumes at MNA. Mexico agricultural field. Cuernavaca landscape. Niño del Monte textile. One slide marked with description. 3/1965, 5/1970, 8/1974, 7/1976.
Sheet 2: Quiriguá: Día de la Santa Cruz, Puerto Juarez. A few slides marked with descriptions. 7/1974, 3/1975.
Sheet 3: Seven slides in commercial housings: Diego Rivera Teatro de los Insurgentes mural. Mask. Guerrero bark paper painting. Several slides marked with descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1989
Sheet 4: Some dates illegible. Photos of Hildago, Durango arcade, Ely cathedral, San Cristobal de las Cosas, Sanctuary of the Virgin, Santa Prisca. Bark painting. Masks. Zacatecas child. Two slides marked with dimensions. A few slides marked with descriptions. 11/1970, 9/1972, 1/1986.
Sheet 5: Bark paintings. Guadalajara, Chichicastenango and other markets. San Cristobal de los Casas cathedral. Zimapan courtyard. Guerrero Taxco cathedral. Saltillo cathedral. Several slides marked with descriptions. 4/1968, 10/1969, 7/1969, 8/1970, 5/1979.
Sheet 6: Bark paintings and artist, cut out bark paper. Undated.
Sheet 7: Bark paintings, cut out bark paper. Market. Undated.
Sheet 8: Woman bark painting. Photos of indigenous people, textiles. 2/1983.
Sheet 9: Bark paintings. Hoctun cemetery. Celerina Morales bark paintings. Cut out bark paper. A few slides marked with descriptions. 3/1965, 9/1974, 2/1983, 11/1992.
Sheet 10: Some dates illegible. Cuilapa religious sculpture. Mexico textile. Otomi basket. Guerrero mask. Michoacán metal pitcher. Jalisco plate. Metepec sculpture. Hidalgo landscape, truck. Sculpture outside cactus motel. One slide marked with dimensions. Several slides marked with descriptions. 12/1963, 8/1992, 11/1992.
Sheet 11: A few oversize slides in professional housings: Mexican murals at Dartmouth. Five slides discolored (pink). Mexico huipol. Masks. San Felipe del Progreso man. Texcoco ceramic plate. Huejotzingo atrium cross. Cuernavaca mural. Several slides marked with descriptions. 12/1963, 4/1968, 8/1979, 7/1992, 8/1992.
Sheet 12: Some dates illegible. San Luis Potosi church architecture. Tarascan textile. Zacatecas dance. Coyotepec perforated vessel. Altacomulco textile and people. 12/1963, 11/1992.
Sheet 13: Cuernavaca mural. Metepec sculpture. Jalisco polychrome vessel. Textile making in San Felipe del Progreso. Saint sculptures. Zacatecas dance child. 12/1961, 12/1963, 3/1965, 8/1974, 8/1992.
Sheet 14: Cuernavaca mural. Mural of costumes at MNA. Mexico agricultural field. Cuernavaca landscape. Niño del Monte textile. One slide marked with description. 3/1965, 5/1970, 8/1974, 7/1976.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451