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Lemaître, Maurice, 1926-2018

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 April 23 - 2018 July 2

Parallel Names

  • Lemaitre, Maurice, 1926-2018

Nationality

French

Found in 249 Collections and/or Records:

I am Immortal and Alive / Wolman, Gil ; Acquaviva F ; Isou I ; Lemaitre M ; Dufrene F ; Debord G ; Brau JL ; Cabanas K., 2010

 Item
Identifier: CC-52922-74062
Scope and Contents Wolman invented "Scotch Art" and the Sackner Archive has one such example. It consisted of sticking Scotch tape onto printed matter such as posters, magazine pages, newspapers and pamphlets, and, placing them in water so that the cellulose support of the paper dissolved, leaving the image on the surface of the tape. This was then first repostioned on thin pieces of wood and later on a cavas support on a stretcher. The Sackners met Wolman in his apartment in Paris in 1982. Adrian Dannatt who wrote his obituary for the London newspaper, The Independent, characterizes his life well. Gil Joseph (Gil J. Wolman), film-maker, writer, political activist - born Paris 7 September 1929; died Paris 3 July 1995 "Those who live by obscurity die by it also, so the minimal response to the disappearance of Gil J. Wolman is hardly surprising. Wolman led a brave, ferociously independent existence at war with the forces of contemporary conformity, the celebrity machine of the mass media being high...
Dates: 2010

Introduction a un traité de mathématiques, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-28197-29363
Scope and Contents

The second section of this work, "Traite de Mathematiques" depicts black and white reproductions of 11 of Isou's Lettriste paintings whose content is primarily calligraphic markings and hieroglyphics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

j'estime et je certifie / Lemaitre, Maurice; Warhol A., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-42688-44707
Scope and Contents

This a polemic against the high price at auction for a Mao painting by Andy Warhol. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

La Photographie ciselante, hypergraphique, infinitesimale et supertemporel , 1968 - 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-27295-27858
Scope and Contents

Isidore Isou contributes an essay written in 1968 which includes an "Introduction au Lettrisme," "La Photographie Ciselante," "La Photographie Lettriste et Hypergraphique," "La Photographie Supertemporelle," and "L'Avenir de la Photographie." The photographs mainly depict images captured by the camera from life or collage and subsequently treated with paint, ink, and/or scratched additions to the negative or the photograph itself. This copy is one of 20 reserved for the contributors which in this was Maurice Lemaitre. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968 - 1971

La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1956

 Item
Identifier: CC-27674-28760
Scope and Contents

In this book, Lemaitre sets the boundaries constituting the visual expressions of Lettrisme. The drawing is unique to each copy of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1956

La Plastique Lettriste et Hypergraphique / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1956

 Item
Identifier: CC-43101-45156
Scope and Contents

In this book, Lemaitre sets the boundaries constituting the visual expressions of Lettrisme. The drawing is unique to each copy of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1956

La Psychokladologie. No. 6 / Lemaitre, Maurice ; Isou I., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-27801-28934
Scope and Contents

The full title of this uncut pages book is "Une nouvelle psychopathologie et une nouvelle psychotherapie." It includes a letter by Isidore Isou concerning neuro-psychiatrists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

La Psychostasie ou La Pesee des Ames (1992) / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-07545-7689
Scope and Contents

This is a supplement to the exhibition catalogue with the same title that depicts the works in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

La Voyage de Gulliver / DuPont, Albert, editor ; Canal F ; Curtay JP ; Dupont A ; Isou I ; Lemaitre M ; Letaillieur F ; Matta R ; Tasiv G., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-15947-16282
Scope and Contents

Each contributor has an inked his/her fingerprint that follows the engraving. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

L'Avenir Lettriste / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-07471-7615
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of painting done in 1971. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Le Cabinet de l'Amateur Lettriste / Lemaitre, Maurice., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-07467-7611
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of painting done in 1961. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Le film est déjà commencé? (1951), 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-06965-7088
Scope and Contents

Videotape of film made in 1951. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Additional filters:

Subject
Lettrisme 229
Critical text 55
Documentation 39
Visual/verbal 17
Calligraphic text 14