Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

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Silence. (c. 1915) Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 28 7/8" (92.1 x 73.3 cm). In the collection of the MOMA, New York City.

Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes (June 19, 1884 - July 9, 1974) was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier.

In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos. He contributed to the Dada (and later surrealist) periodical Litterature.

Among Ribemont-Dessaignes' works for the theater are the plays The Emperor of China (1916) and The Mute Canary (1919), and the opera libretto The Knife's Tears (1926) with music by composer Bohuslav Martinu. His novels include L'Autruche aux yeux clos (1924), Ariane (1925), Le Bar du lendemain (1927), Céleste Ugolin (1928), and Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu (1934).

[edit] References

Dada Performance. Edited by Mel Gordon. PAJ Publications; New York, 1987.

Les Larmes Du Couteau. CD recording of Martinu's opera. Commentary by Ales Brezina. Supraphon, 1999.

The French Literature Companion.

[edit] External links

• Ribemont-Dessaignes' written works at the International Dada Archive at the University of Iowa Libraries. Page images of the full texts.
• Manifesto

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