{"id":5461,"date":"2015-09-08T16:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T23:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2015-09-09T04:16:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:16:16","slug":"gertrudeandaliceandfritzandtom-andsamsonandcaesar-two-anniversaries-await-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gertrudeandalice.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/08\/gertrudeandaliceandfritzandtom-andsamsonandcaesar-two-anniversaries-await-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"GertrudeandAliceandFritzandTom…andSamsonandCaesar: Two Anniversaries Await in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we move from one season to another, it\u2019s common to reflect on where the time has gone and can it really be time to exchange one set of clothes in the closet for another? (Those of us who live in the San Francisco Bay area or similar climates, usually have both spring\/summer and fall\/winter clothes ready year round.)<\/p>\n

Come September, it\u2019s also time to look ahead to things happening by the end of the year and those that will inaugurate the coming year. In my GertrudeandAlice world there are a few items in the offing if all goes according to plans.<\/p>\n

My anniversary-obsessed mind has pinpointed two in 2016, though as the new year gets closer and closer, I\u2019m sure there may be others.<\/p>\n

This coming year marks the 5th anniversary of my picture book GERTRUDE AND ALICE AND FRITZ AND TOM<\/strong> and (drumroll, please!) the 90th<\/sup> anniversary of Gertrude\u2019s famous, Caesar haircut! Since the book is set in 1925, Gertrude still has her woman bun.<\/p>\n

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I can still recall editing and finalizing Tom Hachtman\u2019s illustrations for the book, working with my friend Kathleen Gross on the various layouts and worrying whether printing it\u00a0in Singapore, 8,434 miles away, was the right decision. But by the time the boxes of books arrived and I unpacked the first one, I knew all was well, and this dream project ended far more successfully than I could have imagined.<\/p>\n

The response I\u2019ve gotten to the book from adults and children has been tremendous. Reviews such as the one last spring in Brain Pickings (http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/?s=Hans+Gallas<\/a>), continue to make me feel that self-publishing was the right thing to do. Self-publishing has also allowed me to manage the distribution of the book. The copies that I still have, have not been \u201cremaindered\u201d by some impersonal distribution center with one of those disgusting black marker slashes on the ends of the pages and then relegated to the sales tables of bookstores.<\/p>\n

I have sold the most copies at Shakespeare and Company in Paris, in the shadow of Notre Dame. I\u2018ve felt that was appropriate and amazing since in one of my favorite illustrations, Fritz and Tom, perched in the cathedral\u2019s tower, are actually not far from the bookstore\u2019s current location! (Sales on amazon.com come in second.)<\/p>\n

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And what\u2019s planned for the 5th<\/sup> anniversary? I would like to design a decorative slipcase for the book and sell it as a limited, slipcased edition. \u00a0As a book collector, I\u2019ve always enjoyed books with slipcases \u2013 so much classier than just a dust jacket. Here are a few slip-cased books in my collection (my slipcase will be covered with illustrations):<\/p>\n

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Stein’s “Blood on the Dining Room Floor, “(top);Alice’s cookbook, Folio Society edition (right); C. Isherwood’s “Goodbye to Berlin,”(right)<\/p><\/div>\n

Why not add GERTRUDE AND ALICE AND FRITZ AND TOM to those slipcased classics?<\/p>\n

I also plan to issue an e-book and audio version of the book. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Now to Gertrude\u2019s haircut. As far as I know, there has never been a celebration commemorating a haircut, let alone a trim that became so well known and one that is such an integral part of someone\u2019s personality.<\/p>\n

Yes, Samson had his day or was it really Delilah\u2019s day?<\/p>\n

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“Dee, not too short please.”<\/p><\/div>\n

In\u00a0the last hundred years, the long and short tresses of celebrities have been reported first in magazines, then gossip columns, and now worldwide in the Internet\u2019s ether!<\/p>\n

But that January day in 1926 – 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris – was like no other and should be f\u00eated ninety years later! Alice picked up the shears and trimmed Gertrude\u2019s Edwardian mane, trimmed it real good ! It apparently took two days to get it just right. \u201cAll Hail Caesar, SPQR<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Women began bobbing their hair around 1915. Some researchers attribute \u201cthe bob,\u201d as a convenience for women involved in the WWI war effort, while others see it as an act reflecting a move to modern times. It was often film stars and other celebrities who sported this new fashion.<\/p>\n

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Silent movie star Louise Brooks working her bob<\/p><\/div>\n

The style\u2019s name came from the up and down movement of the shortened hair, its bobbing, while walking. Most bobs were much longer than Gertrude\u2019s cut and even the hair of the woman who supposedly inspired Gertrude\u2019s hirsute adventure, French write Elisabeth de Gramont, had hair that was quite a bit longer. ( de Gramont was the longtime lover of Natalie Barney, \u201cthe other\u201d salonni\u00e8re<\/em> in Lost Generation Paris!)<\/p>\n

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Madam de Gramont<\/p><\/div>\n

By the 1920s, short hair for women became the standard, but Gertrude\u2019s coiffeur<\/em>\u00a0was more masculine than most of the hairstyles. However, this advertisement shows several cuts inspired by silent movie hunk Rudolph Valentino, which are quite Steinian!<\/p>\n

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To commemorate this anniversary, I would like to curate an exhibition in the Fremont (California) Art Association storefront gallery, with a working title, \u201cGertrude Stein Shorn.\u201c The show would include artworks from my collection inspired by GertrudeandAlice. Pieces selected from a juried, call for artworks, may also be part of the show. Additionally, related events will be planned including discussions, readings and movies. The idea for this commemoration evolved from a meeting with my friend Denny Stein, Gertrude\u2019s cousin, who lives in Fremont and is currently President of the Association.<\/p>\n

All anniversary plans are still in the Post-It -notes-let\u2019s-do-a \u2013Broadway-Show-in-the-barn stage. But I\u2019m confident that as the colors of the leaves change in some parts of the world, making way for winter\u2019s blasts and folks in the Southern Hemisphere head to the beach with shrimp for the barbie, notes will prompt deadlines and the anniversary projects will go on!<\/p>\n

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PS – After posting, noticed that this is post # 99, so…what to do for #100?!!<\/p>\n

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