Kleines Kino der Menschlichkeit: Die Chapliniade; Filmdichtung von Iwan Goll.

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Kleines Kino der Menschlichkeit: Die Chapliniade; Filmdichtung von Iwan Goll.

Artist Fernand Léger French, 1881-1955

Publisher Rudolf Kaemmerer Verlag, Dresden, 1920

Printer Petzschke & Gretschel, Dresden

Author Yvan (Iwan) Goll (Isaac Lang) French, 1891-1950

Date1920

DimensionsBook: H: 8 7/8 in. (225 mm); W: 7 1/2 in. (190 mm); Depth: 3/16 in. (5 mm).
Page: H: 8 11/16 in. (221 mm); W: 7 5/16 in. (185 mm).

MediumReproductions: 5 line block reproductions of ink drawings on cream wove paper, incl. wrapper by Hans Blanke. Text: letterpress.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.664

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Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, European Expressionist and Cubist Works on Paper: 1900-1930, December 2, 2011-March 11, 2012 (University of Toledo Student Exhibition).Label TextThe adoration of Charlie Chaplin, or, “Chaplinitis,” that swept North America and Europe in the 1920s and 30s was not limited to the general public, but was widespread among artists and writers as well. Die Chapliniade, described as a “cinema-poem,” is an ode to Chaplin, in which Dadaist poet and author Iwan Goll describes him as the “greatest philosopher.” Goll praises Chaplin’s modernity and his witty confrontations of politics, art, and society. Fernand Léger, who designed the cover of this book and supplied five full-page illustrations, was infatuated with Charlot, as the French called Chaplin. Léger’s own film Ballet Mécanique (1924) plays with Chaplin’s image in a manner reminiscent of the caricature on this cover and the illustrations inside.