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Note on the transformation masks of the Pacific Northwest coast

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Author

Author André Breton
People cited Leonhard Adam, Franz Boas, André Breton, Georges Buraud, Claude Lévi-Strauss

Description

Manuscript of an article by André Breton dated 11^th May 1950 and published in June 1950 in the magazine Neuf, devoted to Georges Buraud’s book Les Masques.

Signed handwritten manuscript, 11^th May 1950.
- 2 1/4 in-4° manuscript pages in green ink, numbered in red pencil, titled, dated and signed by André Breton:
‘In his fine study "Les Masques", Georges Buraud has been the first to reveal the deep sense of need that, at all times and everywhere, has led man to hide his face behind a sculpted mask resembling an animal, representing an ancestor or conceived as a representation of a deity …  That which remains unexplained or fateful in this world comes together in this vibrant packet of instincts that the primitive individual carries around with him and that enhances him still further in communicating to him an unknown depth.” 
Deletions and corrections. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

- André Breton, « Note sur les masques à transformation de la côte pacifique nord-ouest », in Neuf, revue de la Maison de la Médecine, numéro 1, juin 1950.
- André Breton (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), Alentours II, Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, p. 1029-1030, notice p. 1446-1447 (mais contrairement à ce qu'écrit Marguerite Bonnet, Breton avait bien deux masques à transformation dans sa collection. L'un d'eux illustre d'ailleurs le n°1 de Neuf).
- Michel Izard (éd.), Cahier de l'Herne Claude Lévi-Strauss, Paris, Éditions de l'Herne, 2004, texte d'André Breton reproduit p. 149-151

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Masque haisla

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Masque représentant un visage aux traits naturalistes.
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Neuf

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Premier numéro de la revue Neuf dirigée par Robert Delpire et publiée en 1950 à Paris.

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