Description

Suite of seven photo-etched plates taken from Nadja's drawings Plates used for the illustration of Nadja. [Auction Catalogue, 2003] 'The Cat’s Dream' "The Cat’s Dream - showing the animal standing upright, trying to escape without realising that it is held down by a weight suspended from a rope that is also the disproportionately large wick of an overturned lamp - remains the most obscure drawing to me. It is a hastily made cut-out based on a vision.” 'A symbolic portrait of the two of us' "(...) the mermaid, in whose form she always saw herself from behind and from this angle, holds a scroll in her hand; the monster with the dazzling eyes emerges from a kind of vase with an eagle's head, filled with feathers that represent ideas." 'A flower' 'The Mazda butterfly' "She enjoyed imagining herself as a butterfly whose body would be formed by a 'Mazda' (Nadja) bulb towards which a charmed snake would rise (...)." 'A true shield of Achilles' 'Who is she?' ‘On the back of the postcard’ [Atelier André Breton website, 2014]

Bibliography

- André Breton (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), Nadja, Œuvres complètes, tome I, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1988, p. 679.

Creation date	sd
Languages	French
Physical description	Plaques d'impression.
From / Provenance	sl
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 3441
Keywords	Graphic Arts, Nadja, Publication
Categories	Andre Breton's Manuscripts, Graphics
Set	[AB's Manuscripts] Nadja
Permanent link	https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100394810

See also