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EX-LIBRIS OF T. F. SIMON
(1910-1932)
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Originally published by Vaclav Rytir, Prague 1932.
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Original Ex-Libris
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T.F.Simon. 1910
Sea
Size: 7,2 x 6,3 cm.
Color etching. (image in black and white)
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3709
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T.F.S. 1911
Size: 6 x 6 cm; 9,7 x 7 cm.
Monogram TFS
Color etching
Literature:
T F Simon, Ex-libris a Novorocenky, Praha, 1918
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3708 |
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E.H.B. (Edna Boetie Hopkins). 1911
Rytir writes Boetie instead of Boies.
Edna Boies Hopkins
was an American female artist (woodcuts/flowers). Born in
Michigan/U.S.A. She lived and worked in Paris.
Monogram E H B in a Biedermayer frame.
Color etching
Monogram TFS
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3684
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John Marin. 1911
John Marin was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1870. Worked for four years
in architects' offices, then 1893-5 as freelance architect. Became
increasingly interested in sketching, and studied art at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1899-1901 and briefly
at the Art Students League, New York, 1904. Marin lived in Paris 1905-9, with trips to Holland, Belgium, Italy and
England. Returned to New York in 1909for his first one-man exhibition at Stieglitz's Photo-Secession Gallery.
In Europe again 1910-11, then settled permanently in the USA. Lived in Brooklyn, then New York, then in
Cliffside, New Jersey, 1916-53.
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Drawing in ink. 9,5 x 6,8 cm. |
Color-woodcut |
Karsavina. 1911
Tamara
Karsavina (1885-1978)
Size: 7,4cm x 5,8cm.
Woodcut in color and black/white.
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The daughter of a famous dancer, Platon
Karsavin, Karsavina was educated at the Imperial Ballet School,
St. Petersburg, under such teachers as Cecchetti, Christian
Johansson, and Paul Gerdt, graduating in 1902. As ballerina at the
Maryinsky Theatre she included in her repertoire Giselle and
Odette-Odile in Swan Lake.
Karsavina is best known as the leading ballerina of Sergey
Diaghilev's Ballets-Russes from its beginning in 1909 until 1922. She
championed Mikhael Folkine's ideas of expressive dance and between 1909
and 1914 (paired with Nijinsky until 1913) she created the majority of
famous roles in Fokine's neo-romantic repertoire, including Les
Sylphides, Le Spectre de la Rose, Carnaval, Firebird, Petrushka, and
Thamar. After marrying the English diplomat Henry James
Bruce, Karsavina fled to
London in 1918.
She was associated for many years with Great Britain's Royal Academy of
Dancing, for which she organised the Teachers' Training Course and the Camargo Society, from the time it
received its charter in 1936. Her writings
include articles on technique for the journal Dancing Times, her
autobiography Theater Street (1930), and the text Classical Ballet: The Flow of Movement (1962).Karsavina died on May
26, 1978, in Beaconsfield,
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Robert Simon. 1911
The brother of the artist T.F.Simon.
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V.Simonova. 1911
Vilma Simon; the artist's wife.
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm.
Color Woodcut |
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T.F.Simon
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm
drawing in Ink & aquarel |
T.F.Simon
Size: 6,0 x 4,7 cm
Woodcut & red ink |
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T.F.Simon
Drawing in ink and aquarel.
Studie for an ex-libris,
in the manner of number 7a&b.
Size of the drawing: 6,0 x 4,7 cm.
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Dr. M.
Stefanik. 1911
Size: 7,1 x 6,2 cm |
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Dr. M.
Stefanik. 1912
Size: 5,9 x 5,7 cm. |
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R.Simon. 1913
Robert Simon; the artist's brother.
Monogram RS
Size: 4,9 x 3,6 cm
Woodcut
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3707
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K.J.Obratil
Karel Jaroslav Obratil
(*1866-Hukvaldy/Moravia)
Graphic-artist
Size: 13 x 9 cm
Etching
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3697
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Vilma Simonova. 1914
Vilma Simonova; the artist's wife. |
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Notarii Hejna. 1914
Notar
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Ferdinand Hejna. 1914
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Karel Reinwald. 1915
Castle of Tocnik (south-west of Prague near
Beroun).
Size: 11,6 x 8,6 cm
Monogram TFS
Literature:
T.F.Simon, Ex-libris and New-Year cards, nr. 5, 1918.
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3701
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Artur Novak. 1915
Art(h)ur Novak (1876,Terezine (Bohemia)-1957, Prague).
Bibliophil, critic and monographist. Editor of Hollar and Vitrinky.
Author of: Kronika Grafickeho T.F.Simona; Catalogue Raisonné.
Published by the Art Society Hollar 1937.
Bundle of five books.
Size: 7,0 x 9,4 cm.
Monogram TFS
Literature:
T.F.Simon, Ex-libris and New-Year cards, nr. 6, 1918.
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3696 |
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B.P. 1916
B(edrich) Pertrlika. Engeneer from Kostelci nad Labem earlier
from Nestemicich u Usti nad Labem, Bohemia. Collector of art.
Flag with monogram BP
Size: 6,3 x 8,9 cm.
Printed (brown ink) on Van Gelder paper.
Monogram TFS.
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3698. |
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Arne Novak. 1916
Dr. Arne Novak. Professor at the Masarykovy
University of Brno in Moravia.
The Castle of Prague and the Baroque statue
"Sen sv. Luitgardy".
Size: 7,1 x 10,1 cm.
Monogram TFS.
Literature:
Magazine "Bibliofil", Brno, 1923. (+ image)
B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3695 |
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Josef Hladky. 1916 |
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Ellen Weisbergerova. 1917 |
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Max Fischl. 1917 |
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Drawing in pencil by T F Simon, 1917.
Ex-libris Arnost Prochazka (1869-1925).
Czech Author.
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Knihovna Mestskeho Prumysloveho
Musea V Hradci-Kralové. |
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V.M. Pavlouskovi. 1918 |
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Antonii Podlaha. 1918 |
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Stadia of four drawings by T.F.Simon.
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Ex-Libris, 1918. 4 x 5,5 cm.
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Drawing in pencil by Simon (in reverse)
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Drawing
Ink and pencil |
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V. Slavik. 1919 |
No picture of the Ex-libris |
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Rud. Jehlicka. 1919 |
No picture of the Ex-libris |
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Drawing in pencil. 11,7 x 9 cm.
Carlisle V. Hibbard
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Ant. Müller. 1920 |
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John I. Scull. 1920 |
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John Irwin Scull. 1921
Bookstal in Paris; Quai Montebello at Notre Dame
Size: 11,2 x 8,9 cm.
Color aquatint
Monogram TFS
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Dr. Hugo Siebenschein. 1921
Hugo Siebenschein (1889-1970).
Philologist and Germanist who lived in Prague.
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Drawing in ink and pencil by T.F.Simon
Vaclav Rudl. 1922
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Two drawings in pencil for the ex-libris of Vaclav Rudl by T F
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Drawing in
pencil. 10,2 x 7,3 cm.
Alice Lee and Richard Myers. 1922
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Frances and Thomas Daniels. |
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Helen and Francis Hardy. 1922
Francis (Howe) Hardy was a summer resident of Ephraim
from 1930 until his death in 1960. Although he was a businessman and not
a professional artist, it was his ambition to create in Door County/Wisconsin
a climate of understanding and appreciation of the arts which would
attract both artists and art lovers to the area. To this end he
encouraged annual well presented exhibits of art work. Helen and Francis
Hardy were both non-professional artists. They made significant
financial contributions to cultural projects.
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Dr. Vladimir Hoppe
Vladimir Hoppe (1882-1931)-philosopher. |
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Adolfa Weniga. 1923 |
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Fredricka Boyles. 1924 |
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Luisy Houzvickova. 1924
Castle Orava in Slovakia
Size: 8,5 x 6,0 cm
Etching
Literature: B.Benes Buchlovan, BBB 3690
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D.K. and C.L. Rose. 1924 |
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Drawing in ink.
Walter and Helen Gethman. 1925
T. F. Simon made two versions of this print.
The first (right) with the text "Christmas Greetings Mr. and
Mrs. Walter W. Gethman, and the second (left; which is the drawing
for the ex-libris) with the text
"Ex-libris Walter and Helen Gethman. The first version is published in
the catalogue raisonné by V.Rytir.
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Dr. Rudolf Tille. 1925 |
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Vaclav Mares
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Mani Patkove. 1928 |
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V. Fanderlik. 1929 |
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Dra O. Riegla. 1930
Size: I State 10 x 8 cm.
II Sate 9,5 x 6,5 cm.
Woodcut
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T.F.Simon. 1932 |
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Ex-Libris Bez Textu |
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Book-Plates: since the 15th century, distinguished artists and their patrons have
given serious attention to this art form. It represents a miniature art
developed to adorn books and a convenient, individualized way for the
book’s owner to be identified. The book-plate or ex-libris, is a label
placed on the inside of the front cover of a book, bearing its owners name
and a sign of personal identification. The words ex-libris on a book-plate
translate roughly from the Latin as "from the books of" or
"from the library of".
Many techniques and mediums are used in creation of book-plates. Some
include the woodcut, engraving on metal, silkscreen, etching or pen and
ink. This, along with the fact that the work is all done in small scale,
plays an important part in the execution of these works. Also, utilizing
the finest in papers, with hand printing in many examples. Book-plates
have been designed by artists and engravers such as Albrecht Dürer,
Thomas Bewick, Paul Revere, Kate Greenaway, Aubrey Beardsley, Marc
Chagall, M.C. Escher, Frantisek Simon, Rockwell Kent, Leonard Baskin,
Barry Moser, and others.
Ex-libris enthusiasts have created an international network for the
purposes of attaining designs by establishing societies in forty-one
countries. Every two years an International Ex Libris Congress is held in
a different country inviting members of the world bookplate societies to
attend. Under the auspices of the Federation International des Societes
d’Amateurs d’Ex Libris (FISAE) one enjoys lectures, slide
presentations, exhibitions and sufficient time is allowed for socializing
and trading book-plates. In USA is the The American Society of
Bookplate Collectors and Designers.
Czech
Book-Plates: the modern Czech book-plate-making started around the year
1868, with the oldest book-plate for Knight Vojtech Lanna by Josef
Manes. Among the Czech book-plate makers belonged great Czech artists such
as Alfons Mucha, Max Svabinsky, Vojtech Preissig, Tavik Frantisek Simon,
Hugo Boettinger and Mikolas Ales. An article in the Moderni Revue magazin
of 1897 by the poet and first collector of bookplates, S. K. Neumann
is considered to be the first trace of the organized bookplate-collecting.
Since then, the great interest in book markings and collecting them, has
continued. Bedrich Benes Buchlovan informs us of as many as five thousand
Czech book-plates as early as in 1926. With the time going, the
book-plates changed their characteristics and from the book markings of an
owner of a book, it had been transformed into a collector`s object of
interest. Even contemporary artists have nourished the tradition of the
book-plate, for example E. Haskova, M. Houra, J. Liesler, Pavel
Simon, J. Pilecek
and K. Benes. The Association of Collectors and Friends of Book-plate
(Spolecnost Sberatelu a Pratel Exlibris - SSPE) founded in 1918 has
contributed greatly to the promotion of book-plates and of
book-plate-collecting. The Association issues a magazine quarterly called
The Book Marking (Knizni Znacka).
Literature
about Ex-libris:
Bedrich Benes Buchlovan. Moderni Ceska Exlibris, 1926.
Vaclav Rytir. T. F. Simon, ex-libris, 1932.
Johan Schwencke. Het ex-libris in Tsjechoslowakije.
Amsterdam (Netherlands), Wereld-Bibliotheek Vereniging, 1956.
De grafici V.Cinybulk, M.Florian, J.Lukavsky en Pavel Simon.
Nijmegen (Netherlands), De getijdenpers, 1958.
Tsjechoslowaakse grafici. Exhibition-catalogue of
bookillustrations, exlibris and stamps from Czechoslovakian artists.
Tentoonstelling van boekillustraties, exlibris en postzegels uit
Tsjechoslowakije. 22.03-04-05-1968, 's Gravenhage (Den Haag,
Netherlands). Museum van het boek (Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum).
A comprehensive private-collection of Mr. H.G.J. Schelling. Among other
artists: F.Bilek, D.Bilkova, C.Bouda, J.Capek, P.Dillinger, M.Florian, F.Hudecek,
O.Janacek, D.Janousek, O.Karel, B.Krs, K.Lhotak, J,Liesler, A.Mackova,
A.Paderlik, V.preissig, Z.Seidl, K.Svolinsky, J.Sima, Pavel Simon,
M.Svabinsky, J.Vachal, K.Vik, J.Vodrazka, J.Zrzavy.
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