Rire (Paris, France : 1894) Le Rire (Paris, France) [Magazine]
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Felix Juven (Editor)
- Le Rire, 1919-1949 (Publisher)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The magazine was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Issue of the popular French satiric journal, Le Rire [To Laugh] which was celebrated for its front and back cover full color illustrations. Many artists created drawings for it, including Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlein, and Cappiello. The journal began as a Belle Epoque publication in 1894 under its founder Felix Julien. It was a time of great political and social unrest and the magazine did its best to make fun of them all. The issues in this collection date from the 1894-1899, the years of L'Affaire Dreyfus, a political scandal revolving around anti-semitism that inflamed France. The magazine is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Journal: 15 issues, Katz Ehrenthal Collection Weekly, v. ; illustrated. (some color) 32 cm. (12.250 x 9.250 in.) 1. année, no 1 (10 nov. 1894)-no 430 (31 janv. 1903); nouv. sér., no 1 (7 fév. 1903)-no 600 (août 1914). Each issue has a color lithograph on cover. Editor: 1894-1914, F. Juven. Artistic director: Arsène Alexandre. Special issues accompany some numbers. Continues: Rire rouge
Subjects
- Antisemitism--France--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--France--Periodicals.
- Caricatures and cartoons--France--Periodicals.
- France--Politics and government--1870-1940--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism in art--France--19th century.
- French wit and humor, Pictorial.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials