PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF THE LETTRIST MOVEMENT PAPERS, 1949-1988
Container List
Box
1, 3*
Isou, Isidore, 1949-1988, undated
Box
Folder
1
1
"Pour une meilleure législation en matière de littérature érotique ou
défense de la littérature érotique," circa 1949
Reprographic copy. Also includes copy of "Défense d'Isidore Isou" with
signatories: Neveux, Pauwels, Roussin, Maurois, Achard, Arout, Aymé, Bessy,
Breton, Cocteau, Gance, Hébertot, Jeanson, de Montherlant, Ragon, Rousselot,
Salacrou, Soupault, Torrès, Tzara, de Waroquier, Cassou, and Lemaître.
1
2
Manuscript of press release regarding Isou's film Le Traité de bave et d'éternité, circa January
1952
1
3
"Réponse d'Isidore Isou à propos de brain-pollution de Jean-Louis
Brau," 1972
Manuscript and two typescript drafts.
1
4
"M. Giscard d'Estaing dilapide l'argent des Français," 1978
Manuscript and typescript.
1
5
"Réunir les moyens pour prolonger et améliorer la vie de ceux qui
combattent dans la plupart des domaines du savoir et du quotidien pour une
Société et une existence meilleures...," 1985
Manuscript and three corrected typescript drafts.
1
6
"Mes opinions sur les désaccords entre le group 'L' et les groupes 'A'.
'F'.," 1984
Manuscript and corrected typescript drafts.
1
7
"Il ne faut pas transformer Paris en une jungle...," 1987-1988
Photocopy of corrected typescript.
Box
Folder
3*
1
"Invitation à l'art d'avant-garde et au lettrisme par Isidore
Isou," undated
1
8-14
Lemaître, Maurice, 1951-1977
Also in flatfile 1**.
Flatfile
1**
Le Film est déjà commencé? poster, 1951
Box
Folder
1
8
Aphorismes et lettries
hypergraphiques, 1954
Catalog of the first exhibition by Lemaître.
1
9
Mauvaises toiles de Lemaître et autres
chefs-d'oeuvre, 1966
Exhibition catalog from Librairie Galerie Anglaise.
Flatfile
1**
"Manifeste," 1966
Poster denouncing the manner in which Lettrist works are presented.
Box
Folder
1
10
"Note à tous les letteristes et sympathisants," 1967
Reprographic copy of typed tract.
1
11
"Maurice Bismuth dit Lemaître Union de la jeunesse et de l'externité,
pourquoi je me présente," 1967
Printed tract relating to the elections of March 1967.
1
12
Retrospective Lemaître, 1967
Exhibition catalog from Marché expérimental d'art.
1
13
"Le roman de Marcelle," 1970-1971
Poster from Revue littéraire lettriste and
photocopy of manuscript of unpublished preface "Pour une nécrologie
créatrice."
1
14
"Un prix Nobel de littérature pour Isidore Isou," 1977
Reprographic copy of a typewritten tract.
Box
Folder
3*
2
Brau, Jean-Louis, 1959
Tract: Ptotel'asymptotel'asymptotel'. La méthode et ce
qui ne l'est pas!
2
Satié, Alain, 1971
Art object titled Les mots parlent.
Box
1, 3*
Collaborative projects, 1963-1987
Also in flatfile folder 1**-2**.
Box
Folder
3*
3
La lettre et le signe dans la peinture
contemporaine, 1963
Two exhibition posters, printed on newspaper pages, from Galerie Valérie
Schmidt.
Box
Folder
1
15
"Limelight," 1964
Reprographic copy of typewritten tract by Brau, Dufrêne and Wolman.
1
16
"Arguments lettristes no. 1," 1964
Text written by the director Isou and editorial committee: Altmann, Lemaître,
Sabatier, Spacagna, Studeny, and Roberdhay.
Flatfile
1**
Le mouvement lettriste presente la semaine de l'art
moderne, 1965
Poster with schedule of events.
Box
Folder
1
17
Lettrisme et hypergraphie, 1966
Exhibition catalog from Galerie Europa in Berlin featuring the work of Altmann,
Hachette, Isou, Jessemin, Lemaître, Sabatier, Spacagna and others.
1
18
Onze Lettristes, 1966
Exhibition catalog from Galerie Stadler featuring the work of de la Tour,
Jessemin, Spacagna, Isou, Sabatier, Lemaître and others.
1
19
Hypergraphies, 1967
Catalog of Spacagna exhibition at Galerie Stadler.
1
20
"Halte au gang des escrocs et des cuistres nécrophages de Dada et
pillards du Lettrisme," 1967
Reprographic copy of typewritten tract by Front de la jeunesse/Groupe d'action
lettriste.
Flatfile
1**
Pour un front culturel, 1968
Poster.
Flatfile
2**
Jeune Peinture, assemblée générale, 1968
Poster with agenda for the meeting.
Box
Folder
1
21
"Un malade dangereux: Jean Hughes," 1969
Reprographic copy of typewritten tract by Broutin, Canal, Conrart, Curtay,
Gillard, Hebert, Hachette, Jones, Lemaitre, Mallet, Monod, Poyet, Raimond,
Sabatier, Satie, Tarkieltaub, and Virgnaud.
1
22
Aujourd'hui le lettrisme et
l'hypergraphie, 1969
Exhibition catalog is from Galerie Stadler and features the work of Broutin,
Poyet, Allain Gillard, Altman, Isou, Curtay, Satié, Sabatier and others.
Box
Folder
3*
4
Revue littéraire letteriste, 1970-1972
Contains posters for Revue litteraire
letteriste, featuring work by artists Satié, Isou, Sabatier,
Spacagna, Broutin, Poyet, Lemaître, Gillard, Hachette, and Curtay.
Box
Folder
1
23
"Halte aux épiciers de la littérature," 1971
Reprographic copy of typewritten tract by the Groupe Lettriste commenting on
the Prix Goncourt award jury.
1
24
La vérité lettriste 1945-1973, 1973
Invitation to exhibition at Galerie Suzanne Visat.
1
25
Le Lettrisme, École de Paris, 1976
Exhibition catalog from Galerie Strunskaja featuring the work of Lemaître,
Isou, Satié, Sabatier, Rose, Grimaud, Hachette and others.
1
26
Le mouvement lettriste 1987, 1987
Exhibition catalog from Atelier Ste Anne featuring the work of Canal, Dupont,
Isou, Lemaître, Letailleur, Pommerand, Poyet, Roehmer, Satié, and Sabatier.
