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Kiesler, Stefi, 1897-1963

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Personal name headingKiesler, Stefi, 1897-1963
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Variant(s)Kiesler, Stefanie, 1897-1963
Kiesler, Steffi, 1897-1963
See alsoAlternate identity: Saga, Pietro de, 1897-1963
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Associated countryAustria United States
LocatedVienna (Austria) Paris (France) New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1897-07-18
Death date1963-09-03
Place of birthSkoczów (Województwo Śląskie, Poland)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
Field of activityTypewriter art Library science
AffiliationNew York Public Library
Profession or occupationArtists Librarians
Found inStadt der Frauen, 2019: half-title page (Stefi Kiesler) page 199, etc. (née Frischer; Viennese artist; created typewritten artworks, known as "typo-plastics", which were published in the journal De Stijl under the pseudonym Pietro Saga or Pietro de Saga in 1926; lived in Paris 1925-26 before relocating to New York for the rest of her life) artists' biographies (born 1897 in Skoczów [Austria-Hungary], died 1963 in New York; author, lecturer, librarian; married to artist and architect Frederick Kiesler; designed "typographic images" inspired by Theo van Doesburg and the De Stijl movement)
Wikipedia (German), November 22, 2019 (Stefanie Kiesler; born as Stephanie Frischer July 18, 1897 in Austro-Hungarian Skotschau, died September 3, 1963 in New York City; Austro-American; published "Typoplastiken" while in Paris in 1926 under the pseudonym Pietro de Saga; worked as a foreign language specialist in the New York Public Library 1927-1959)
Collection of the Société anonyme, 1950: page 26 (Pietro de Saga; Steffi Kiesler; born 1900 in Vienna, Austria)