Ernst H. Gombrich, Geburtstagsatlas f\ufcr Max M. Warburg (5 June 1937) : first digital edition, edited by Elizabeth Thomson (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

In 1937, Ernst Gombrich, who had just joined the Warburgkreis in London, was commissioned to produce a private edition of the Bilderatlas. Geburtstagsatlas f\ufcr Max M. Warburg for the 70th birthday of Aby Warburg' brother. The operation, conceived as a private gift, was probably initiated by Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl, or Max himself: the undertaking was intended to satisfy the family\u2019s wishes as they continued to believe that the Mnemosyne project could be published. Preserved in two typewritten copies - one kept in London, the other in Hamburg - the Geburtstagsatlas, was for decades consigned to oblivion and still remains unpublished (see the dedicated page in The Warburg Institute website). Gombrich's modus operandi is very clear: he selects 24 panels (out of the 63 of the latest version of the Bilderatlas of 1929); removes many images from each of the panels; lays out the surviving images on a white background, in a well-balanced and hierarchical order, by modify...

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