Browse Items (36 total)

  • Collection: Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo Collection

Mural in South Hall, "Youth Groping for Reality"

8429277bcarchsouth002a.jpg
Photograph of a mural in South Hall, painted by Beverly Pruzan '48 and Irene Zimmerman '48 under the direction of Professor Stefan Hirsch. The mural, done in egg tempera, is entitled "Youth Groping For Reality", and is divided into three segments:…

Mies van der Rohe with Stefan Hirsch, 1955

3957661-bc_art.hirsch.144a_ss.jpeg
Mies Van der Rohe, a prominent modernist architectect, visits Bard's campus. Pictured from left: Stefan Hirsch, Mies Van der Rohe, Dick Lischen. In front of Hoffman Memorial Library, Bard College.

Letter to Advisees

hirsch_adviseesletter.pdf
A letter written by Stefan Hirsch to his advisees regarding proper behavior and etiquette on campus.

Las Momias

8994938-bc_art.hirsch.046a_ss.jpeg
Postcard depicting "Las Momias", an installation view of the Museo de las Momias de Guanajunto (Guanajunto Mummies Museum). The bodies were originally buried in a local cemetery after a large cholera outbreak in Guanajunto, Mexico. The families of…

Iztapalapa Study no.2

SHERP_misc2.tif
A loose sketch from a trip to Iztapalapa, Mexico.

Iztapalapa Study no.1

SHER_misc1.tif
A loose sketch from a trip to Iztapalapa, Mexico.

Hirsch and Rogo at Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza

3957705-bc_art.hirsch.013a_ss.jpeg
Fold-out photograph of Stefan Hirsch and Elsa Rogo. Features the couple posing at the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico. Hirsch sits atop the Chak Mol while Elsa poses in the mouth of the Serpent Columns. The site was first…

Group Portrait

3957704-bc_art.hirsch.011a_ss.jpeg
Photographic postcard featuring (left) Stefan Hirsch, Elsa Rogo, and (right) Frances Toor, and an unidentified friend posing in front of a painted backdrop. Frances Toor was a prominent historian of Latin American culture and folklore, most notable…

Folk Chair in Stefan Hirsch's Mexican Studio

3957712-bc_art.hirsch.114a_ss.jpeg
View of Hirsch's studio, probably in Taxco, Mexico. In the center is a typical Mexican folk chair which was later adapted by Josef Albers. Hanging on wall: "Scared Horse", by Stefan Hirsch, oil painting. The painting was exhibited at The Downtown…

Exhibition of Inter-American Art; installation view

3957588-bc_art.hirsch.145a_ss.jpeg
Photograph of an exhibition of Inter-American Art, April 16 to May 4, 1943 at the Orient Gallery at Bard College. Held in conjunction with the Inter-American Student Conference at Bard College April 16 to April 18, 1943. Elsa Rogo is seated, speaking…