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Message from Another World

Manuscript

Author

Author André Breton
Person cited Maurice Hajjé

Description

Handwritten notes by André Breton on the back of an envelope and invitation card, undated.

"The occult is what exists that we are not informed about. So let's get informed! From informal notes to a more structured draft, Breton put together a survey project on India, Japan and China, based on newspapers from 1954: who are the Chinese, Japanese and Indians, what do they read, what do they do, what do they eat? Breton’s adherence a few years earlier to the ‘Citizens of the World’ movement here makes an unexpected reappearance, with a much less abstract attention to humanity in all its diversity, reminiscent of the travel diaries he kept while visiting the Hopi Indians. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]

Autograph manuscripts, undated [1954].
- 1 first draft text by André Breton handwritten in red ink, titled "Message from another world" on an envelope.
- 1 in-18° page on the reverse of an invitation card of the same text handwritten in black ink by Breton, relating to a survey to be conducted through the Library of Oriental Languages of India, China and Japan:

"The occult is what exists that we are not informed about." [Auction Catalogue, 2003]