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[Execution of the Testament of the Marquis de Sade by Jean Benoit]
Author
Author André Breton
People cited Jean Benoît, Gianneto Fieschi, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Joyce Mansour
Description
Invitation card from Jean Benoît to André Breton dated 2 December 1959.
This isolated fragment is part of a text recounting the performance - in the presence of a few friends, including the writer Annie Le Brun and the photographer Gilles Ehrmann - of the funeral rites that the Marquis de Sade wanted but were never carried out for him, that is until then. It was on 2 December 1959 that the ‘Grand Ceremony’ finally took place, on the initiative of the Canadian artist Jean Benoît. The same evening saw the reinstatement of Matta within the surrealist group. Enthused, Breton wrote a text that was to preface the EROS exhibition held from 15 December at the Daniel Cordier gallery, before being included in the definitive edition of LeSurréalisme et la peinture (Surrealism and Painting), in 1965. A few copies of a book of photographs would also be printed to commemorate the event. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Maquette of an invitation to André Breton dated 2 December 1959.
1 page in-12°, autograph text by André Breton for the maquette for the invitation to the performance of the Execution of the Testament of the Marquis de Sade at the residence of Joyce Mansour. [Sale Catalogue, 2003]
| Creation date | 02/12/1959 |
| Bibliographical material | 1 page in-12 of the maquette of an invitation - MS - black ink |
| Languages | French |
| Number of pages | 1 p. |
| Reference | 708000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2474 |
| Keywords | Work notes |
| Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Manuscripts 1958-1966 |
| Exhibition | Galerie Les Yeux fertiles | Aux sources de la beauté convulsive |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100533210 |
