The Jim Heimann Collection

Heimann, Jim

About this Item

Near fine condition. Clean white wrappers with minimal handling wear and a faint vertical stress line at the spine fold; bright, crisp interiors with vivid color plates and no marks or foxing. Binding tight and staples unrusted. An exceptionally well-preserved example of this scarce, privately issued collection catalog.

Privately printed promotional booklet describing the scope of The Jim Heimann Collection, a legendary archive of 20th-century American visual culture amassed by Los Angeles historian, graphic designer, and Taschen editor Jim Heimann.

The collection?spanning printed ephemera, photographs, postcards, rare books, and magazines?comprises over 400,000 images documenting everyday American life from the 1920s to the 1960s, with particular strength in Hollywood, advertising, architecture, nightlife, surf and tiki culture, and Los Angeles history. Also noted are 5,000 original 35mm photographs taken by Heimann between 1970?2000.

Issued ca. 1999?2001, this square-format catalog highlights more than 30 thematic areas (Atomic History, Hollywood Nightclubs, Psychedelic Posters, Drive-In Restaurants, Race Graphics, World?s Fairs). The interior text outlines the archive?s use in museum exhibitions, publishing, and licensing, accompanied by vibrant reproductions of midcentury design imagery, including a striking Art Deco ?Liquors? façade.

Produced in small numbers for professional distribution, the booklet serves as both a visual portfolio and an early record of Heimann?s curatorial impact on the study of American vernacular design.

Seller Inventory # A1049

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jim Heimann Collection
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art