Szeemann's life he had collected all documentation related to his work and life. The end result was his personal archive, consisting of books about art, artists, art-theory, exhibitions, curation, and the like. It also included anything acting as correspondence: letters and messages which were traded with artists, curators, sponsors, and any other relevant stakeholder. H This archive also encompassed articles akin to formal records, documentation, or notation which had been collected during Szeemann's various endeavors. Anything of any bearing with his various professional projects and curatorial plans had been collected and documented and curated. Harald Szeemann died in 2005, leaving behind his vast collection to an unknown beneficiary, until, in June 2011, the Getty Research Institute publicized purchase of The Harald Szeemann Archive and Library, probably one of the most important research collections for Western and Modern and Contemporary Art. Szeemann had devoted himself to his archive and library and resultingly it contains thousands of documents related to his practice as an art historian, art critic and curator which continue to be studied today. At the time, it was the largest acquisition in the Getty Research Institute's history. This collection encompasses of over 1,000 boxes of research. It consists of: Correspondence with individual artists, such as those frequently exchanged such as: Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The library portion consists of approximately 28,000 volumes. The archive also includes about 36,000 photographs and drawings as well as other materials Szeemann assembled through organizing and exhibition over 200 exhibitions. The collection is open to researchers and a published finding aid is available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2011m30 Notability Szeemann invented the modern-day Großausstellung ("great exhibition"), in which the artworks are tied to a central concept and are assembled into new and often surprising interrelationships. His over 200 exhibitions were distinguished by a great abundance of material and a broad range of themes. Important reference points were subversiveness, alternative lifestyles (for example Monte Verità), and the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork", Wagner's concept of a work which spans all the arts, to which his own exhibitions were also indebted). References External links The Harald Szeemann Archive and Library at the Getty Research Institute Literature Hans-Joachim Muller, Harald Szeeman: Exhibition Maker, Hatje Cantz, 2006, Tobia Bezzola, Roman Kurzmeyer, Harald Szeemann: With, by, through, because, towards, despite, Springer Architecture, Vienna, 2007, Florence Derieux, Harald Szeemann: Individual Methodology, JRP-Ringier, Zurich, 2008, Publications Klaus Albrecht and Harald