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Topor, Roland, 1938-1997

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 19380107 - 19970416

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Antonius und Cleopatra / Topor, Roland., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-39026-40964
Scope and Contents

This is the maquette for the poster announcement of the play. The drawing was purchased from Nicolas Topor, the son of the artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Bogendruck: Page d'ecriture a la machine a ecrire. No.2/Mar , 1972

 Item — Folder 71: [Barcode: 31858072538063]
Identifier: CC-23080-23517

Editions Camomille: Cons de Fees. No.1 / Roland Topor ; Freddy De Vree., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-14354-14663
Scope and Contents The title translates to "Cunt of Fairies." Topor painted faces onto color photographs of women with their legs spread apart to expose their genitalia. These were then rephotographed for the edition. Wilkipedia: Roland Topor (January 7, 1938 -- April 16, 1997), was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker, known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish Jewish origin and spent the early years of his life in Savoy where his family hid him from the Nazi peril. Topor published several books of drawings, including Dessins panique (1965) Quatre roses pour Lucienne (1967) and Toporland (1975). Selections from Quatre roses pour Lucienne were reprinted in the English language collection Stories and Drawings (1967). His carefully detailed, realistic style, with elaborate crosshatching, emphasises the fantastic and macabre subject matter of the images. Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimerique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski...
Dates: 1988

Editions Originales 1988-1993 / Editions Camomille ; Voss J ; Topor R ; Francois M ; Hirai Y ; Zush ; Anull I ; Pepermans A ; Mulkers U ; Pazos C., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-13544-13847
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds a complete run of these serialized artist books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

ICA Bulletin. No.163/Nov / Mayakovsky V ; Berman F ; Edmonds T ; Knowles A ; Williams E ; Picasso P ; Feldman M ; Lichtenstein R., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-41846-43841
Scope and Contents

The announcement for the November exhibition lists Tom Edmonds as one of five selections for the Young Contemporaries Exhibition 1966. Some of Edmonds' typewriter poems are held by the Sackner Archive. This issue also has a critique by Emmett Williams of Alison Knowles' "Big Book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Je t'aime: A Pillow Talk / Topor, Roland ; Michael Knight, translator., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-32610-34191
Scope and Contents

This book consists of an amusing listing of phrases that might be spoken during sexual intercourse accompanied by surrealistic erotic images. First published in Paris in French in 1998 by Editions Hoebeke. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Laid Poulet / Topor, Roland., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-01395-1428
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a series of colored, mainly surrealistic or pataphysical images based on a different letter of the alphabet that suggest a question. The answer is written upside-down underneath each image. Two images have respiratory connotations, one depicting two men with breathlessness and the other a series of different shaped noses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Le Courrier des Lettres / Topor, Roland., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-30438-31859
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a colored satirical drawing that incorporates a letter of the alphabet along with a caption below it. The Sackner copy is the first edition of the book; it was reprinted in 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Le Fou Parle. No.20/Apr-May / Dietman E ; Topor R ; Stotzky D ; Baxter G., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-41798-43793
Scope and Contents

The entire run of this French humor magazine is housed in a specially made box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Le Fou Parle. No.25/Sep / Topor R., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-41802-43797
Scope and Contents

The entire run of this French humor magazine is housed in a specially made box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Le Fou Parle. No.26/Dec / Topor R ; Segui A ; Stotzky D., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-41803-43798
Scope and Contents

The entire run of this French humor magazine is housed in a specially made box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Le Fou Parle. No.29-30/Nov / Topor R ; Breytenbach B., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-41806-43801
Scope and Contents

The entire run of this French humor magazine is housed in a specially made box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Modifications: Detrompe - L'Oeil / Spoerri, Daniel ; Restany P ; Topor R ; Roth D ; Nauman B ; Tzara T., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-31651-33155
Scope and Contents

This was one of three catalogues published during an exhibition entitled, Modifications: Baj, Jorn, Spoerri. The pictures that are reproduced in this catalogue are realistic paintings that have been altered by Spoerri through collaged additions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Monsters Are Inoffensive / Spoerri, Daniel; Filliou, Robert; Topor, Roland., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-03008-3053
Scope and Contents

The images on the cards consist of b&w photographs superimposed drawings as well as collaged with photographs of human body parts probablu done by Topor. Stored in Topor box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

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