Description

In 1936 this image figured among the series of "Surrealist post cards" . On this sort of "winter sports" card, sent to André Breton one day in 1932, Dalí had glued a chromo showing puppies, drawing a few lines where necessary so as to imperceptibly transform the skiers in this unremarkable Alpine image into the gummy eyes of the aforementioned puppies. Edouard Jaguer (Les mystères de la chambre noire, Paris, Flammarion, 1982, p. 69).

"In 1937, Georges Hugnet published a "first series" (which turned out to be the only one) of post cards, their verso printed with the imitation of a postal stamp - the circular inscription 'guaranteed Surrealist post card" (the idea was Man Ray's). The series confirmed that that there was interest in the cards, suggesting as well that the Group intended for the post card to be a means of diffusion for some of the significant images of its choice. This hope was not fulfilled, as the operation was not a financial success.
These twenty-one cards, printed in sepia (on a yellow, green or white background) reproduced pre-existing images, with the exception, apparently, of that by Picasso..."
Among the artists who participated in the undertaking were André Breton, with a poem-object, and Salvador Dalí with La mélancolie gâteuse des chiens comme une vertigineuse descente de ski, "beautiful example of a dual image." Gérard Durozoi (Histoire du mouvement surréaliste, Paris, Hazan, 1997, pp.331-333).

Bibliography

- José Pierre, Le surréalisme, dictionnaire de poche, Paris, Hazan, 1973, rep.p.133, pp.132-133
- Edouard Jaguer, Les mystères de la chambre noire, Paris, Flammarion, 1982, rep.p.69
- José Pierre, André Breton et la peinture, Lausanne, Editions l\'Age d\'Homme, 1987, rep. n° 79, s.p.
- Paris, Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, André Breton, la beauté convulsive, 1991, rep.p. 288
- Gérard Durozoi, Histoire du mouvement surréaliste, Paris, Hazan, 1997, rep.p.332, n° 19, pp.331-333

Creation date	1931-1932
Date of publication	1932
Languages	French
Physical description	14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) - Collage et gouache sur carte postale photographique Schussfahrt (titre du support qui signifie descente « en schuss »)
From / Provenance	Carte envoyée par Dalí à Breton en 1932
Copyright	© ADAGP, Paris, 2005.
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 4017
Keywords	Assemblage or collage, Surrealism
Categories	Modern Paintings
Set	[Exhibitions] 1965-1966, L'écart absolu
Exhibitions	L'Écart absolu, 1965 , André Breton, La Beauté convulsive , Le Surréalisme et l'objet
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100591400

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Description

Photocollage réalisé c 1931 par André Breton, Paul Éluard et Suzanne Muzard.

 

 

Photocollage (avec tête de Max Ernst - provenant d'un photomaton - en marin). A mettre en relation avec cahier de photocollages faits par Breton, Eluard et Muzard… c. 1931, avec autre photocollage de la même époque 56600100960880 avec deux  têtes de Max Ernst et celui titré "Un Allemand?"

[Anne Egger, 2023, Atelier André Breton]

 

Bibliography

- Damarice Amao, Amanda Maddox, Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, Dora Maar, Paris, Centre Pompidou (5 juin-29 juillet 2019), Paris, Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 2019. rep.p.105

Creation date	c 1931
Bibliographical material	Sans titre, 1931-1933. Photocollage, impressions photmécaniques. Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne paris. AM 2015-330.
Publication	first publication
Museum	Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris : Inv. AM 2015-330
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2166
Keywords	Assemblage or collage, Photography
Categories	1931-1939, Graphics, Objects by André Breton
Exhibition	Dora Maar
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600101000374

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Description

Number 6 of the collection of the journal, Le Surréalisme au service de la Révolution.  Joined with this issue are the following: 

Image 1. Cover N.°6 of the journal, Le Surréalisme au service de la Révolution.

Image 2. Handwritten letter signed by Salvador Dali to André Breton on paper with stationary heading from the Royal Hôtel of Barcelona, relative to Dali's frontispiece for the front cover of the Second Manifesto of Surrealism. (circa 1930, 1 page in-12°).

Images 3, 4, 5. Handwritten letter signed by Maurice Heine to André Breton, Dourdan. 26 May 1932 (3 pages in-4°).

Image 6. Handwritten poem by René Char « Les soleils chanteurs » (1 page in-4°).

Image 7. Handwritten letter signed by Salvador Dali to André Breton (1/4 page in-4°).

Images 8, 9. Handwritten letter signed by Salvador Dali to André Breton with a small original drawing (2 pages in-4°).

Images 10-20. Handwritten manuscript signed by Max Ernst : « Comme on force l'inspiration » with pencil redactions by André Breton. This manuscript was found with a title cover titled by the hand of André Breton (Typographical indications ?) (1 sheet).

Visual not available. Handwritten letter dated and signed in ink by Maurice Heine addressed to André Breton, about the Marquis de Sade.

Bibliothèque Kandinsky, centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris.

Bibliographical material	Paris, José Corti. N°6 of May 1933. 1 copy large in-8°. Paperback. Breton Collection Sold 2003, lot 1133.
Book	1
Issue	6
Date of publication	1933
Publication	first publication
Languages	French
Publisher	José Corti, Paris
Original publication date	1933
Reference	7701000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 1133
Keywords	Reviews and Journals, Surrealist revolution, Surrealism
Set	[Journal] Le Surréalisme au service de la Révolution
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100578751

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