Volker Schröder
@marphurius.bsky.social
Associate prof of French (emeritus) at Princeton. Working mostly on 17th-cy literature and culture, with a focus on bibliography, including manuscripts and prints. Research blog: anecdota.princeton.edu. Also on Mastodon: @Marphurius@hcommons.social
"When I Don't Sleep, I Dream" - Wifredo Lam retrospective at MoMA through April 11. Reviewed by Holland Cotter in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"When I Don't Sleep, I Dream" - Wifredo Lam retrospective at MoMA through April 11. Reviewed by Holland Cotter in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/a...
"The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer's 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to his dramatic reinventions." (New York Times gift link): www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"The David Bowie Center in London is a new home for the singer's 90,000-item archive. It holds the key to his dramatic reinventions." (New York Times gift link): www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In 1991, Lubin Baugin and his paintings were featured in the movie "All the Mornings of the World." Today, a previously unknown still life signed Baugin was sold in Vichy to a telephone bidder for the hammer price of 440,000 euros. www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
August 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In 1991, Lubin Baugin and his paintings were featured in the movie "All the Mornings of the World." Today, a previously unknown still life signed Baugin was sold in Vichy to a telephone bidder for the hammer price of 440,000 euros. www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
A gift from Allan Pasco! The I-J and V-U seems strange for 1776. A Dutch cataloger made good use of the slash (WorldCat):
August 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A gift from Allan Pasco! The I-J and V-U seems strange for 1776. A Dutch cataloger made good use of the slash (WorldCat):
If you're now into decalcomania too, here's what's missing: opendata2.uni-halle.de/explore?bits...
August 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you're now into decalcomania too, here's what's missing: opendata2.uni-halle.de/explore?bits...
A correction concerning the age of Dame Helen Mirren in today's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung @faznet.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A correction concerning the age of Dame Helen Mirren in today's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung @faznet.bsky.social
Même question pour Deshoulières (l'autre autrice au programme de l'agrégation des lettres 2026) - "Madame" chez Classiques Garnier, "Antoinette" chez Gallimard. Il faudrait "Antoinette Du Ligier de la Garde, dame Deshoulières".
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Même question pour Deshoulières (l'autre autrice au programme de l'agrégation des lettres 2026) - "Madame" chez Classiques Garnier, "Antoinette" chez Gallimard. Il faudrait "Antoinette Du Ligier de la Garde, dame Deshoulières".
Another Bluesky milestone - my first fake follower (with AI-generated photos?)
July 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another Bluesky milestone - my first fake follower (with AI-generated photos?)
An update (and apology) from WeTransfer wetransfer.com/blog/story/w...
July 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
An update (and apology) from WeTransfer wetransfer.com/blog/story/w...
Louis XIII, undated autograph letter to his sister Chrestienne de France (sold at auction in Paris, Pierre Bergé & Associés, April 17, 2025)
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Louis XIII, undated autograph letter to his sister Chrestienne de France (sold at auction in Paris, Pierre Bergé & Associés, April 17, 2025)
Fermesses appear pretty often in French 17th-century correspondences between friends or lovers (in lieu of signatures) - one example here: www.ader-paris.fr/lot/20569/43...?
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fermesses appear pretty often in French 17th-century correspondences between friends or lovers (in lieu of signatures) - one example here: www.ader-paris.fr/lot/20569/43...?
Art market scams, episode 847: When you believe your painting was bought by Lady Gaga and then see it come up for auction at Christie's (New York Times gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/a...
June 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Art market scams, episode 847: When you believe your painting was bought by Lady Gaga and then see it come up for auction at Christie's (New York Times gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/a...
The Fondation Catherine Gide has donated its André Gide archive (manuscripts, photographs, printed books) to the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern: www.news.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/En...
June 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Fondation Catherine Gide has donated its André Gide archive (manuscripts, photographs, printed books) to the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern: www.news.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/En...
Worth making an appointment: prints and drawings consultation room at the Louvre (New York Times gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
June 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Worth making an appointment: prints and drawings consultation room at the Louvre (New York Times gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/t...
Pierre Nora obituary in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
June 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pierre Nora obituary in the New York Times (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/b...
Alfred Kubin, "Work," ca. 1901-3. Estimate 18K euros, hammer price 44K (today at Galerie Bassenge in Berlin).
May 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Alfred Kubin, "Work," ca. 1901-3. Estimate 18K euros, hammer price 44K (today at Galerie Bassenge in Berlin).
New acquisition for the Château de Versailles: portrait of the young Louis XIV with his mother Anna of Austria by Charles and Henri Beaubrun. Estimated 150-200K euros, hammered to an Internet bidder at 380K, then "preempted" by the French state (today at Osenat auction house).
May 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New acquisition for the Château de Versailles: portrait of the young Louis XIV with his mother Anna of Austria by Charles and Henri Beaubrun. Estimated 150-200K euros, hammered to an Internet bidder at 380K, then "preempted" by the French state (today at Osenat auction house).
The latest news from the hot discipline of papal genealogy - how Salvatore Riggitano became John Prevost. Content warning: the story involves a French woman, scandalous adultery, and the teaching of romance languages. www.discordgenealogy.com/research-fin...
May 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The latest news from the hot discipline of papal genealogy - how Salvatore Riggitano became John Prevost. Content warning: the story involves a French woman, scandalous adultery, and the teaching of romance languages. www.discordgenealogy.com/research-fin...
"Gentlemen, this book is cheap at £5. A hundred years hence you will sell it for ten times that amount." (The Book-Lover's Almanac for the year 1893, with illustrations by Henriot)
May 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Gentlemen, this book is cheap at £5. A hundred years hence you will sell it for ten times that amount." (The Book-Lover's Almanac for the year 1893, with illustrations by Henriot)
Currently every day feels like attending another sequel of "Ubu Roi" (with the doors locked). Back in 1896 one actually had to buy a ticket like this one to attend the premiere of Jarry's prescient farce - sold at auction today for 3400 euros, off an estimate of 80 euros.
May 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Currently every day feels like attending another sequel of "Ubu Roi" (with the doors locked). Back in 1896 one actually had to buy a ticket like this one to attend the premiere of Jarry's prescient farce - sold at auction today for 3400 euros, off an estimate of 80 euros.
Gatsby at 100: The Author and His Creation. Digital exhibition at Princeton University Library (including the original artwork for the dust jacket) dpul.princeton.edu/gatsby100
April 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Gatsby at 100: The Author and His Creation. Digital exhibition at Princeton University Library (including the original artwork for the dust jacket) dpul.princeton.edu/gatsby100
Notebook from the wine cellar of a Bavarian abbey, ca. 1500, with parchments on the left and wax tablets on the right - estimated 2800-3200 euros, sold for 77,000 euros: www.neumeister.com/en/artwork-s...
March 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Notebook from the wine cellar of a Bavarian abbey, ca. 1500, with parchments on the left and wax tablets on the right - estimated 2800-3200 euros, sold for 77,000 euros: www.neumeister.com/en/artwork-s...
Sold at auction today in Paris for 32,000 euros (estimated 400-600 euros)
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sold at auction today in Paris for 32,000 euros (estimated 400-600 euros)