Series I contains approximately a thousand letters, primarily personal correspondence among members of Louisa Siefert's family. The majority of the letters are between Siefert and her sister, Clemy (Siefert) Bost, and between Siefert and her mother, Adele-Adrienne (Belz) Siefert. These letters mainly document social and personal activities, such as news of Clemy's husband and children and the health of their mother. Many of Louisa Siefert's letters to her sister describe her own ailing health and advancing tuberculosis, and her doctors' advice. Letters to Siefert's mother also describe the dinners Siefert attends; visits with acquaintances, including Victor Hugo, Charles Blanc, and Paul Chenevard; and operas she sees. Other correspondents in the collection include Siefert's friends such as Charles Asselineau, Chenevard, and Emmanuel des Essarts; admirers of her poetry; the Journal de Lyon concerning her publications; and family members to each other after her death. Also in the collection are Siefert's wedding announcement and death notice; several accounts and receipts; and a manuscript, with numerous corrections, of Adele-Adrienne Siefert's memoirs of her daughter. and Series II contains eight volumes of poetry, primarily in Siefert's hand. Two volumes contain collections of other poets' works, one of which includes, dos-a-dos, a juvenile play by Siefert titled En Automne. Other volumes include a set of notes taken during a course on French poetry taught by Charles Asselineau, and four collections of original poetry dated between 1865 and 1872, which include many sentimental or dedicatory poems to friends and family members. The original poems are annotated with the dates of their composition, and occasionally with publication information; and laid in a volume titled Poems d'amour are two pages of comments on the poems in Asselineau's hand. Also included in the collection is a volume of reviews of Siefert's works, copied in her hand.
Description:
Louisa Siefert (1845-1877), poet, was raised in Lyon as a Protestant by her parents Henry Siefert, vice-consul to Portugal, and Adele-Adrienne (Belz) Siefert. Her first book of poems, Rayons perdus, was published in 1868 to great acclaim; other collections published during her lifetime include L'Année républicaine (1869); Les Stoïques (1870); Les Saintes Colères (1871); and Comédies romanesques (1872); as well as a novel, Méline (1875). Through her friendship with Charles Asselineau, she became well acquainted with other literary and artistic figures, including Victor Hugo, Emile Deschamps, Charles Baudelaire, and Paul Chenavard. In 1876, she married Jocelyn Pene, secretary to Emilio Castelar; a year later, she died of tuberculosis in Pau, France. After her death, her mother published Souvenirs, Poésies inédites. and Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Edwin J.Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Social life and customs--19th century
Subject (Name):
Siefert family
Subject (Topic):
Artists--France--19th century--Correspondence and Authors, French--19th century--Correspondence
"Cet ouvrage a été tiré sur vélin d'Arches à la forme à 100 exemplaires numérotés en chiffres arabes, et 25 exemplaires hors commerce numérotés de I à XXV ... Chaque ouvrage comporte une suite sur Japon nacré, et dans tous les exemplaires les gravures sont signées"--Colophon., BEIN Ernst +71: Bookplate of Dorothea Tanning. "Exemplaire VIII" signed by the author with a suite of signed engravings on Japon nacré. Unbound in slipcase as issued., Issued unbound in quires in portfolio in slipcase., and The poem "L'oiseau délyrant" is dedicated to Max Ernst.
"Mummy, mummies de Alain Fleischer a été achevé d'imprimer le 1er janvier 1999, cette édition a fait l'object d'un tirage limité à 44 exemplaires répartis comme suit: 20 exemplaires, numérotés d 1 à 20, pour Alain Fleischer, 20 exemplaires, numérotés de 21 à 40, pour Didier Mutel, 4 exemplaires, numérotés de 41 à 44, réservés aux proches collaborateurs"--Colophon., Illustrations are mounted photographs., In lead case as issued., and No. 27, signed by Didier Mutel.
Subject (Name):
Mutel, Didier, illustrator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98107146 and Mutel, Didier--Autograph.
Subject (Topic):
Artists' illustrated books--Italy. and Mummies--Pictorial works.
In the early months of ’58, the French section [of the Situationist International] issued two tracts: ’Nouveaux theatre d’operation dans le culture’ and ’Aux producteurs de l’art moderne’. The former schematised the programme of the SI, while the latter invited artists, ’tired of repeating outmoded ideas’, to organise new modes for the transformation of the environment..."--Cf. Home, S. The assault on culture, 1991.
Publisher:
Edité par la section française de l’I.S,
Subject (Name):
Internationale situationniste
Subject (Topic):
Arts, Modern --20th century --Europe and Avant-garde (Aesthetics) --Europe --History --20th century