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Your opinion about Mayakovsky?

[Interview on arrival in New York]

Manuscript

Author

Author André Breton
People cited Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Maïakovski, Guillaume Apollinaire, Pablo Picasso, Léon Trotsky

Description

Handwritten manuscript of a text by André Breton in response to an interview dated 2 July 1941.

Signd handwritten manuscript, 2 July 1941.
- 1 in-4° manuscript page in green ink by Breton, starting with:  
‘Your opinion about Mayakovsky?
- I have proclaimed my admiration for Mayakovsky, not just for the poet – the sparkling creator of ‘A Cloud in Trousers’ – but also for the man who had no hesitation in putting everything at his disposal in the service of revolutionary reconstruction.’ 
Dated and initialled at the foot of the page ‘New York, 2 July 1941’ plus André Breton’s monogram.
Numerous deletions and corrections. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Translated by Krzysztof Fijalkowski

Bibliography

- André Breton (Édition publiée sous la direction d'Étienne-Alain Hubert avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier et Marie-Claire Dumas), [Interview à l'arrivée à New York], Textes retrouvés, 1938-1948, Œuvres complètes, tome IV, Écrits sur l'art et autres textes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, pages 1193-1195.