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Lemaître, Maurice, 1926-2018

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  • Lemaitre, Maurice, 1926-2018

Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:

A Night At The Movies (English Translation) / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1963

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Identifier: CC-54113-55992
Scope and Contents

This film script is an ongoing project never to be completed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Affiche Dechiree / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1993

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Identifier: CC-07469-7613
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of painting done in 1963. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Alliage Creatique / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1993

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Identifier: CC-07474-7618
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Reproduction of painting-collage done in 1960. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Allusion Vehemente aux Expressionnistes Allemands / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1993

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Identifier: CC-07461-7605
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of painting done in 1963. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Letterist Painting As Exemplified in the Oeuvre of Maurice Lemaitre, 1976

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Identifier: CC-13256-13557
Scope and Contents

The paper in this book was presented at the first International Symposium on Letterism. Mentions that James Joyce was Isou's earliest inspiration. This book is stored in a Lemaitre box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Letterist Painting As Exemplified in the Oeuvre of Maurice Lemaitre in Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Letterism / Failing, Patricia; Lemaitre M; Isou I; Marinetti FT; Schwitters K., 1976

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Identifier: CC-13284-13585
Scope and Contents

This manuscript, published as a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive, was presented at the First International Symposium on Letterism. In the introduction, Failing focuses on Isou and mentions that James Joyce was his earliest inspiration. Takes up Lemaitre work when he is 24 years old and preparing his picture novel, Canailles. Note that even in his early works, Lemaitre's images can be distinguished from Isou in that they are more refined and contain a greater variety of shapes and lettering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Arts & Letters / Austin, Tom; Sackner RK; Sackner MA; Lemaitre M; levy da ; Lissitzky E., 1992

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Identifier: CC-26482-26951
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Austin writes that "by turning their home into a museum, collectors Ruth and Marvin Sackner have made concrete and visual poetry more like household words." The article and interview concisely defines and describes the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

au-dela du declic: film [limited editon], 1968

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Identifier: CC-53651-55958
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The blank pages in this book are counted as pages. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe copy of this work issued in 10 copies in 1965. In addition, there were 500 trade edition copies also publshed in 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Bibliographie Succincte de Maurice Lemaitre par Christiane Guymer / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1995

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Identifier: CC-29590-30960
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Also designated Second Supplement au Catalogue Christine, Bibliographie supertemporelle du Mouvement Lettriste. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Breathe!, 1990

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Identifier: CC-33260-34890
Scope and Contents

This is a photographic copy of a work commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. It depicts a young, well-endowed nude female model with a stylized image of the lungs with a cloud scene collaged over her chest and the admonishment "Breathe!" over her umbilicus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Breathe! / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1990

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Identifier: CC-07066-7205
Scope and Contents

These works were commissioned for "The Beauty In Breathing" exhibition. They depict a young, well-endowed nude model with a stylized figure of the lungs collaged over her chest. In a comic strip like bubble, the word, "Breathe" eminates from her mouth. One of these photographs was selected for an announcement card. The drawing that is not included with the mounted four photographs depicts another image of the lungs that can be collaged onto a photograph to create a different appearance as an option. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

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Subject
Lettrisme 238
Critical text 56
Documentation 41
Visual/verbal 17
Calligraphic text 14