Description

Photographic documents relating to Les Vases communicants [The Communicating Vessels] dated 1931 and titled by André Breton. Photographic documents relating to Les Vases communicants (1931) Twelve original black & white photographs (14 x 8.5 cm) in two envelopes titled by Breton "Documents relatifs aux Vases communicants" [Documents relating to The Communicating Vessels] and "Photos les Vases communicants" [The Communicating Vessels photos]. Image 1. – Aube [Breton’s daughter] in front of the seaport. Images 2 & 3. - Breton at the ‘Ideal Palace’ of the Postman Cheval (1931) - Plate 7 titled on the back by Breton, photograph reproduced in the 1955 edition of Les Vases communicants [VII. At the Ideal Palace of the Postman Cheval (1931), Œuvres complètes, Vol. II, p.204]. Images 4 & 5. - Slot machine, photograph reproduced in the 1955 edition of Les Vases communicants [II. ‘À l'Éden-Casino’, , Œuvres completes, Vol.II, another photo reproduced on p.126]. Images 6 & 7. - The Hotel Reine des Alpes. Image 8. - A bridge over a river. Image 9. - Breton's face, emerging from the trunk of a hollow tree. Image 10. - The same picture taken from further away. Image 11. - The gable of an old farmhouse, with a road-sign reading ‘Pont de Soleils’. Image 12. - Breton's dog. Image 13. - A street in Castellane. Images 14 and 15. - Breton, in profile, sitting under a porch and writing; captioned by him on the reverse in red pencil: "Castellane (B.-A.) writing Les Vases communicants.” [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

André Breton, (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), Les Vases communicants, Œuvres complètes, tome II, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1992, p. 204.

Creation date	1931
Date of publication	1931
Languages	French
Physical description	photos n&b
Size	14,00 x 8,50 x 0,10 cm
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2172
Keywords	The Communicating Vessels, Work notes, Photography
Categories	1931-1939
Set	[AB's Manuscripts] L'Amour fou, Arcane 17, Les Vases communicants,
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100061950