Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Bibliography
Descriptive Summary
Title: Internationale Situationniste ephemera
Date (inclusive): 1947-1975
Number: 980047
Creator/Collector:
Internationale situationniste
Physical Description:
59.0 items
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
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.
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Language: Collection material is in
French
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Internationale Situationniste ephemera, 1947-1975, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 980047.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa980047
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1998.
Processing History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
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.