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Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui, 360
n°360
Author
Person cited Gustave KahnDrawings by Maximilien LuceText by Félix Fénéon
Description
The collection of Les Hommes D'Aujourd'hui was founded in September 1878 by André Gill and Félicien Champsaur. The journal was first published by Cinqualbre (until 1883), then by Léon Vanier after two years of interruption. The last publication appeared in 1899. André Breton posessed 27 numbers of the collection.
The revue was originally inspired by the successful journal, Le Bulletin de vote, published in collaboration with the journalist Maxime Rude which was a collection of illustrated biographies, promoting the republican candidats in the legislative elections of October 1877. The collection of Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui strays from militant politics; each number (containing 4 pages) is devoted to a different contemporary figure belonging to the world of arts, literature or science. A colorful portrait of the spotlight celebrity is on each cover, followed by three pages of text, citations from the author, entire poems or various notable facts about the author's work. The texts are playful, and at times written in jest, composed of contemporaneous and fantastic elements.
The portrait of number 360 represents Gustave Kahn and the text is written by Félix Fénéon.
| Bibliographical material | Breton Sale, lot 1107. Paris, Librarie Vanier, 1890. In-4° soft cover. |
| ISSN | L 1147-677X |
| Issue | 360 |
| Date of publication | 1878 |
| Publication | first publication |
| Languages | French |
| Publisher | Librairie Vanier, Paris |
| Keywords | Graphic Arts, Monographs, Reviews and Journals |
| Categories | Journals |
| Set | Journaux et revues, [Journal] Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100542280 |