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Pomerand, Gabriel, 1926-1972

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 - 1972

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Saint Ghetto des Prets / Pomerand, Gabriel., 1950

 Item
Identifier: CC-27767-28895
Scope and Contents

The book consists of 44 visual poems that utilize rebuses to depict political messages dealing with the suffering of Jews during WWII in France. They are placed one to a page with documentation on the facing page. The poems consist of grids of Hebrew letters and mathematical formulas mixed with line drawings of images and pictograms that are presented with either black print on a white background or white print on a black background. This book is a seminal text in the historic origins of the Lettrist art movement in France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1950

Saint Ghetto des Prets / Pomerand, Gabriel., 1950

 Item
Identifier: CC-29187-30534
Scope and Contents

The book consists of 44 visual poems that utilize rebuses to depict political messages dealing with the suffering of Jews during WWII in France. They are placed one to a page with documentation on the facing page. The poems consist of grids of Hebrew letters and mathematical formulas mixed with line drawings of images and pictograms that are presented with either black print on a white background or white print on a black background. This book is a seminal text in the historic origins of the Lettrist art movement in France. This limited edition copy is printed on special paper made by Papeteries Johannot and has its watermark. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1950

Saint Ghetto of the Loans / Pomerand, Gabriel ; Michael Kasper, translator., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-44936-47108
Scope and Contents

This translation of the book in French consists of 44 visual poems that utilize rebuses to depict political messages dealing with the suffering of Jews during WWII in France. It has much smaller page size than the original. They are placed one to a page with documentation on the facing page. The poems consist of grids of Hebrew letters and mathematical formulas mixed with line drawings of images and pictograms that are presented with either black print on a white background or white print on a black background. This book is a seminal text in the historic origins of the Lettrist art movement in France. This translation into English that was done by Michael Kasper is also designated "Lost Literature Series #1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006