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Themerson, Franciszka

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1907-06-28 - 1988-06-29

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Group H / Cobbing, Bob, editor ; Themerson F ; Pike J ; Flanagan B ; Nuttall J ; Cobbing B ; Latham J ; Rowan J ; Tomazos C ; Wall B., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-17457-17823
Scope and Contents

Designated writers forum quartos number two. This book was published for the 36th exhibition of Group H held at the Drian Galleries, October 1966. In the introduction, John Rowan traces the origins and history of Group H, the membership being led by Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

History of the World in epitome / Russell, Bertrand ; Themerson F., 1962

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Identifier: CC-29593-30963
Scope and Contents

This pacifist text by Russell reads, "Since Adam and Eve ate the apple, man has never refrained from any folly of which he was capable." Franciszka Themerson contributed two charming line drawings, one to the encounter with Eve, the other a cartoon on men waging war. The final page is a photograph of the mushroom plume from explosion of an atomic bomb. The booklet was published by Gaberbocchus Press on the 18th of May 1962 as their contribution to the celebration of Bertrand Russell's ninetieth birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

Opening: An Excerpt from Code. No.5/Sep / Franciszkca Themerson ; Stefan Themerson., 1965

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Identifier: CC-38086-39976
Scope and Contents

The card has two pop-ups, viz., the upper half a caricature of a face an the lower half a poem dealing with doves and magic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Print: Print's Regional Design Annual. No.5/Sep-Oct / Carol Stevens, editor ; Heller S ; Themerson S ; Themerson F., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04796-4887
Scope and Contents

Eve Kahn contributes an essay on the funny side of advertising. Stephen Heller writes on the American Design Style 1925-1933. Jan Kubasiewitcz contributes an essay on the history of Themersons' Gaberbocchus Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Semantic Divertissements / Themerson, Stefan ; Themerson, Franciszka., 1962

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Identifier: CC-40804-42780
Scope and Contents

Franciszka Themerson did the drawings and Stefan Themerson contributed the text, These divertissements were first devised for "Polemic" in London in 1946. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

The Good Citizen's Alphabet / Russell, Bertrand ; Themerson, Franciszka., 1953

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Identifier: CC-33613-35267
Scope and Contents

Each letter of the alphabet is set in a different typeface and is illustrated by a cartoon-like line drawing by Themerson that is captioned with a bitter aphorism by Russell. The words for the caption begin with Asinine, Bolshevik, Christian, Diabolic, etc. The book has an inscription by a previous owner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1953

The Themersons and the Gaberbocchus Press - an Experiment in Publishing, 1948-1979 / Themerson, Stefan ; Themerson, Franciszka ; Jan Kubasiewicz, curator ; Monica Strauss, curator ; Reichardt J., 1993

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Identifier: CC-01526-1559
Scope and Contents

Published on the occasion of the first exhibition in the United States of the output of this indispensable press, covering the enormously wide range of the work of publishers Stefan and Franciszka Themerson, Polish avant-garde artists who in their long tenure in England brought the likes of Jarry, Apollinaire, Queneau, Schwitters, and so many others to a wider English-speaking audience.. Includes a description and the covers of the 82 books published by Gaberbocchus Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

The Trojan Horse & At the Edge of the Forest / Queneau, Raymond ; Themerson, Franciszka ; Barbara Wright, translator., 1954

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Identifier: CC-03754-3825
Scope and Contents

Also designated as Black Series No.2. Includes reproductions of two drawings by Franciska Themerson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954