Internationale Situationniste Emphemera, 1947-1975

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Summary

Title:

Internationale Situationniste ephemera

Dates:

1947-1975

Creators:

Internationale situationniste

Abstract:

A collection of assembled printed manifestoes, tracts, exhibition catalogs, and posters created by members of Internationale Situationniste (I.S.). The founding of this politically charged artistic and literary movement can be traced through the small amount of ephemera by the Internationale Lettriste and Bauhaus Imaginiste groups, precursors to I.S.

Extent:

59.0 items

Language:

Collection material is in French

Preferred citation:

Internationale Situationniste ephemera, 1947-1975, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 980047.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa980047

Background

Scope and content:

An artificial collection of printed manifestoes, tracts, exhibition catalogs and posters created by members of Internationale situationniste (I.S.), including Enrico Baj, Asger Jorn and Guy Debord. The founding of this politically charged artistic and literary movement can be traced in the small amount of ephemera by the Internationale lettriste and Mouvement international pour un Bauhaus imaginiste groups, both precursors to I.S. A number of documents by Spur, a German faction of I.S., record the internal tensions within I.S. that would eventually disintegrate the movement.

Arrangement note

The archive is arranged in chronological order.

Biographical / historical:

A politically charged artistic and literary movement active from 1957-1972 with roots in Internationale lettriste and Mouvement international pour un Bauhaus imaginiste. Internationale situationniste members include Enrico Baj, Asger Jorn and Guy Debord, among others.

Acquisition information:

Acquired 1998.

Processing information:

This artificial collection was created from materials acquired from two separate sources. Both collections were primarily composed of books initially accessioned by the library. The remaining ephemera was transferred to Special Collections. Lynda Bunting organized the ephemera and wrote the box list.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts

Bibliography:

Berreby, Gérard. Documents relatifs à la fondation de l'International situationniste. Paris: Allia, 1985.

Ohrt, Roberto. Phantom Avantgarde: eine Geschichte der Situationistischen Internationale und der modernen Kunst. Hamburg: Nautilus, 1990.

Raspaud, Jean Jacques. L'Internationale situationniste; chronologie, bibliographie, protagonistes (avec un index des noms insultés. Paris: Champ libre, 1972.

Viénet, René. Enragés et situationnistes dans le mouvement des occupations. Paris: Gallimard, 1968.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Lynda Bunting.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-02-23T09:49-0800

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Restrictions:: Open for use by qualified researchers.
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