Simon Lissim Collection
SPEC.TRI.SL
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
0.7 Cubic feet
1923-1979
Simon Lissim was a Ukrainian painter and stage and costume designer. The Simon Lissim Collection dates from 1923-1979 and contains paintings, correspondence, books by or about Simon Lissim, drawings, and a printing block and a copy of its print.
(2) oversize folders; (1) flat box; (1) 2.5” letter document box
English
Lissim, Simon, 1900-1981
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Nine original designs donated by Simon Lissim; TRI.2016.0005: Susan Vladeck, 2015 December; TRI.2016.0013: Susan Vladeck, 2016 January
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Simon Lissim Collection, SPEC.TRI.SL, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.
Use of Materials
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Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Courtney Bishop, 2017 October
Biographical Note
Simon Lissim (1900-1981) was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He was a painter and stage and costume designer, and studied at the art school of A.S. Monko circa 1917. In 1919, Lissim emigrated to France, and in 1920 he studied at the art school of Reimann in Berlin and lived in Wiesbaden and London. In 1922, he studied at the French National School of Decorative Arts, and by 1923 Lissim worked at the Theatre de L'Oeuvre. From the end of 1921, Lissim lived and worked in Paris until he immigrated to the United States in 1941.
Scope and Contents
The Simon Lissim Collection dates from 1923-1979 and contains paintings, correspondence, books by or about Simon Lissim, drawings, and a printing block and a copy of its print.
Lissim, Simon, 1900-1981
Costume designers--20th century
Drawings (visual works)
Painters--20th century
Paintings (visual works)
Set designers--20th century
Set Design for Unidentified Production, "Project for a Stage Setting, Interior"
1
DES 1
1931
Set Design for The Queen of Spades, "Ballroom"
1
DES 2
1931
Costume Design for The Love of the Three Oranges, "The King"
1
DES 3
undated
Costume Design for La ligne du coeur, "Peasant Girl"
1
DES 4
1932
Costume Design for Cleopatre, "Cleopatra" postcard
1
DES 5
1923
Set Design for Commedia del Arte, "Flats and Sculpture"
1
DES 6
1942
Set Design for Commedia del Arte, "Three Pencil Sketches"
1
DES 7
1942
Set Design for The Queen of Spades, "Countess's Room"
1
DES 8
1931
Costume Design for Unidentified Ballet, "Cossack"
DES 9
undated
Accession No. TRI.2016.0005
0.4 Cubic feet
1958-1979
2 paintings
1
undated
“Le Sultan aux Dragons” litho postcard print and printing block
1
undated
"An Artist's Interpretation of Nature: Twenty-four Paintings and Designs"
1
1
1958
Correspondence from Simon Lissim
1
2
1979 April 8-9
Thank you note and drawing form Simon Lissim
1
3
1979
Oversize paintings
Accession No. TRI.2016.0005.001
undated
Accession No. TRI.2016.0013
0.2 Cubic feet
1949-1958
Lissim (Simon) "Paintings and Designs"
Accession No. TRI.2016.0013.001
1958 October
Lister (Raymond) "Decorated Porcelains of Simmon Lissim"
Accession No. TRI.2016.0013.001
1955
Freedley (George) "Simon Lissim Fourteen Plates"
Accession No. TRI.2016.0013.001
1949