Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
Art, French--20th century, Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Photography, Artistic--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, French, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Channel Islands--Jersey
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire Le Bitoux, Jean
Published / Created:
1971?]-
Call Number:
2010 +S37
Image Count:
24
Description:
"Organ souterrain.", Autograph: Alain Huet: 1972:Jan., Began in 1971? Latest issue consulted: [Jan. 1972]., Description based on: [Jan. 1972]; title from cover., Issue with drawing of two figures on cover, one a nude nun and one a man declaring "imbaisable," called Jan. 1972 based on internal evidence., and Local paper of the Nice chapter of Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire, edited by Jean Le Bitoux. Cf. Aldrich and Wotherspoon, Who's who in contemporary gay and lesbian history (2001), p. 240.
Publisher:
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire,
Subject (Name):
Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire--Periodicals and Huet, Alain, --Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Gay liberation movement--France--Periodicals, Gays--France--Periodicals, LGBTQ resource, Protest movements--France--Periodicals, and Sexual freedom--France--Periodicals
Papers relating to World War II (in boxes 1-2) include copies of resistance propaganda, undated; letters and notes concerning the imprisonment of Cahun and Malherbe, 1943-1945 and undated; holograph memoir notes by Malherbe, undated; and a typescript memoir by Cahun and Malherbe, undated. and The Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe Papers consist of holograph and typescript writings by Cahun; memoirs, correspondence, and notes relating to their experiences during World War II; and a small amount of other correspondence and copies of photographs by Cahun.
Description:
Claude Cahun, born Lucy Schwob, was a French photographer, artist, and author. Cahun was associated with the Surrealist movement, and her photography and writings addressed issues of gender identity. In 1937 she moved to Jersey in the Channel Islands with her partner Suzanne Malherbe, an illustrator who adopted the name Marcel Moore. Cahun and Malherbe were active in the resistance during the German occupation of Jersey during World War II. They were imprisoned and sentenced to death in 1944, but were liberated at the end of the war. and Formerly owned by Basil Bigg. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2009.
Subject (Geographic):
Jersey (Channel Islands)
Subject (Name):
Bigg, Basil--Ownership and Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Jersey
