The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF
THE COLLECTION
Creator: Charles Oscar Haag
(1867-1933)
Title: Glass plate negatives
Dates: ca.1905-1915
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 03x78
Quantity: 123 items
Location: 19 J 3
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Charles Oscar Haag was a
native of
SCOPE AND
CONTENT
The collection consists of
glass plate negatives depicting Haag, his family, and his sculptures. None of the photos are identified; a couple are dated.
Several of the photos show the interior of Haag’s studio. Others show the inside of a house, presumably
that of Haag. The women and children are
probably family and friends; one photo is of a nude woman, who was probably a
model for his sculptures. There are also
photos of the outside of a house, several pictures of a cat, and photos of Haag
himself. In several photos, a man is
dressed in an “Asiatic” costume. A Native
American appears in costume in a couple of photos; he may have been the model
for some of the busts.
The sculptures are of men,
women, and children, along with a few animals.
Two of the works show people at work: fishermen in their boat, and a man
and woman pulling a plow. Abraham
Lincoln is the subject of a couple of statues, and Native Americans the subject
of several others. A few items appear to
be decorated clock cases. There are some
portrait bas-reliefs, and one portrait statue may have been used to decorate a
grave. One sculpture depicts a
skyscraper. Another is a model for a
fountain; it includes a seal on a rock in the middle of the pool, with a frog
and a duck decorating the basin. Many of
the sculptures are of men or women, either nude or clothed. In addition to the glass plate negatives,
there is one photo of a sculpture.
ORGANIZATION
The images are divided by size (small, medium,
large), and then arranged by accession number.
Broken negatives are in a separate box.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Russell Maylone and Northwestern University Library.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Lincoln,
Abraham, 1809-1865 - Statues.
Topics:
Animal sculpture.
Artists’ models.
Artists’ studios - Photographs.
Bas-relief.
Buildings in art.
Busts - Photographs.
Cats - Pictorial works.
Children in art.
Farmers in art.
Fishers in art.
Indians of
Men in art.
Nude in art.
Photography of interiors.
Photography of sculpture.
Sculpture - 20th century - United States.
Women in art.
Glass plate negatives.
Sculptors.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 19 J
3
.2 cat
on a log railing, basket hanging below
.3 model for clock case in Art nouveau style
.14 close-up
of a cat
.25 sculpture
of geese(?)
.33 sculpture
of bearded male nude at a fancy wheel (see also .107)
.42 photo
of bearded man (Haag?)
.50 sculpture
of seated man, head bent, in prayer(?)
.56 sculpture
of standing man, bent at waist
.59 live
female nude model standing in studio, small female
nude sculpture in background
.75 cat licking itself
.103 photo
of Haag
.104 bas-relief
of bearded man wearing glasses
.106 photo
of Haag
.108 photo
of man, woman, two children (see also .109)
.4 statue
of Abraham Lincoln, sitting (see also .22 and .31)
.6 sculpture
of standing female need, slightly bent at waist
.7 stylized
sculpture of family group: mother father, 2 older children, 1
small child
.8 sculpture (wood?) of bearded old man with pack on back
.9 sculpture
of man carrying something
.10 sculpture
of a man (image much damaged)
.11 sculpture
of man carrying a log
.12 portrait
bas-relief of a man with mustache and glasses
.13 Native
American man in costume, with child, photo taken in
studio? (see
also .26)
.15 sculpture
of a family: man, woman, child, in immigrant costume
.16 clock
case in Art nouveau style, decorate with woman and
rising sun (see also .88)
.17 sculpture
of man in hat and coat
.18 triangular
sculpture, with man in middle, he has a very long beard and carries a bowl
.19 clay
model of bust of a Native American (much emulsion lost)
.20 ceramic
serving dish with lid, decorated with flowers
.21 sculpture
of man in hat pulling something
.23 sculpture
of man using hatchet (one corner broken off and missing)
.24 bas-relief
plaque of ducks and flowers
.26 young
child looking up at Native American in costume, taken
in studio (see also .13)
.27 sculpture
of woodsman carrying axe over shoulder
.28 photo
of a house, with a log raid fence and a stone wall
.29 photo
of a man inside a house
.30 two sculptures: female nude; man in winter cap
.31 sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, standing
(other items in background; see also .4 and .22)
.32 sculpture
of man in medieval dress, cat at his feet
.34 group
portrait, badly damaged and only two women are visible
.35 bust
of Native American man
.36 outdoor
scene
.37 sculpture:
figure leaning on a sphere
.38 family
portrait, with girl holding a cat (6 people are visible but some emulsion is
gone)
.39 bench
or wall with plaque depicting buffalo
.40 sculpture
of person bowing
.41 photo
of a bearded man (Haag?)
.43 bas-relief
plaque: Native American drinking from a stream
.44 woman standing next to statue of a woman and child
.45 bas-relief
plaque: female nude with long hair that has flowers in it
.46 designs
for clock cases, one with Cupid and the other with flowers
.47 bas-relief
plaque: standing female nude holding brush and palette (see also .84)
.48 sculpture
of nude family group: man with shovel, boy, woman
.49 sculptures
of two standing figures (emulsion gone from top half of negative)
.51 bust
of woman, head leaning on hand
.52 sculpture
of stylized female nude with hair flung over top of head
.53 photo
of woman in profile (with braids on top of her head)
.54 sculpture
of standing figure of a woman, holding basket
.55 sculpture
of a skyscraper, signed Ch. Haag, 1915
.57 man in “Asiatic” attire, standing in
front of a folding screen in a house (see also .58 and .86)
.58 man in “Asiatic” attire, standing in
front of a folding screen in a house (see also .57 and .86)
.60 bas-relief of bearded man reading
newspaper
.61 sculpture of bearded man holding huge
club
.62 sculpture
(perhaps incomplete) of seated nude
.63 bas-relief of girl in hat and coat
holding snowball (see also .67)
.64 domed sculpture with fish swimming around
base (see also .65)
.65 domed sculpture with fish swimming around
base , labeled copyright Ch. Haag (see also .64)
.66 bas-relief: standing female nude with
very long hair
.67 bas-relief:
child in winter hat and coat, probably a companion to .63
.68 sculpture of family group: man, woman,
child
.69 model for clock
case in Art nouveau style, with female figure
.70 photo of bearded man
.71 bas-relief:
standing nude (emulsion at top is gone)
.72 sculpture: family group (man, woman,
child), from side
.73 sculpture of standing female nude,
slightly bent at waist
.74 man and woman (perhaps the Haags) standing in front of a small sculpture (see also
.76)
.76 two men, woman, and girl posed around a
sculpture (see also .74)
.77 photo of a house
.78 bas-relief of a bearded man, marked Ch.
Haag, 1905(?)
.79 model for clock
case with floral decoration
.80 sculpture of standing man with long
beard, children at base
.81 sculpture of standing man holding arm of
prone woman
.82 sculpture of clothed man
.83 sculpture of woman with bent head, child
holding onto her skirt
.84 two bas-reliefs
of women and sculpture of man (man statue also in .82; bas-relief of woman with
palette also in .47) (one corner broken off and missing)
.85 woman playing violin, wall behind her
displays bas-reliefs, photos, small sculpture
.86 man in “Asiatic” attire (see also .57 and
.58)
.87 sculpture of two men in boat, identified
in July 1906 issue of The Craftsman
as “Fishermen”
.88 design for clock case with woman and
rising sun (see also .16)
.89 stylized sculptures of two female nudes
with long hair
.90 sculpture of seated bearded man, one arm
propped on tree trunk
.91 sculpture of clothed man, one had on hip
.92 sculpture of clothed woman with geese
.93 sculpture,
unidentified
.94 photo of sculptor’s studio or gallery
.95 photo of woman seated at a table watching
another woman play violin
.96 photo of woman playing violin, sitting in
front of hearth
.97 four women in meadow (one seated), house
in background
.98 house interior (Haag’s house?), woman
seen through doorway
.99 two women, on
boat dock(?)
.100 woman reading in
sculptor’s studio
.101 two women in a
meadow
.102 sculpture of man in winter coat
.105 sculpture of kneeling man holding large
dish with tower of human figures;
the July 1906 issue of The Craftsman identifies the tower of
figures as “The Struggle for Money”’ the kneeling man with bowl is not part of
the piece illustrated in that magazine
.107 sculpture of man with decorated wheel, in
studio (other works can also be seen) (one corner broken off and missing) (see
also .33)
.116 sculpture of two standing female nudes
.117 bust of Native American elder
.118 sculpture of horses (negative is damaged
and horses’ heads are not visible)
.110 sculpture of seated man huddled in a coat
(top of negative broken off and missing)
.111 sculpture of man and woman pulling
something, dated 4-11 (one edge is damaged and what is being pulled is not
visible);
the July
1906 issue of The Craftsman describes
a sculpture entitled “Accord”: “Swedish peasant and his wife pulling a
primitive wooden plow” (p. 436); this is probably a photo of that work
.112 sculpture of seated bearded man reading,
may have been intended for a grave marker
.119 sculpture of standing female nude, dated
4-11
.120 sculpture of seated male nude, dated
.121 sculpture of female nude holding braid of
hair (see also .113)
.122 sculpture, perhaps model for a fountain,
with seal on rock in water pool, with duck and frog decorations on side of pool
.123 photo of sculpture of man seated on a rock
(note: this is not a negative)
.1 photo of Charles Haag
.5 photo of seated girl
.22 statue of Abraham Lincoln, with figures
at feet (see also .4 and .21)
.109 photo of man, woman, two children (see also
.108)
.113 sculpture of female nude, bent at waist
with long braid (see also .121)
.114 bas-relief of seated man
.115 bas-relief of female nude with hair in a
halo around her head.