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Surrealist game of questions and answers

Manuscript

Author

Authors André Breton, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Hugnet, Marcelle Ferry
People cited Greta Knutson (ép.Tzara), Tristan Tzara

Description

Manuscript by Georges Hugnet, André Breton, Marcelle Ferry (Lila), and Alberto Giacometti dated 26 February 1934, at 10.20 in the evening.

Hugnet, Marcelle Ferry (Lila), and Alberto Giacometti (to whom we can no doubt attribute the little drawing of a grimacing mask that is in the style of his work of the 1930s) are present at this session of February 1934, which is evidence for the almost daily pattern of the games of questions and answers, and the practically exclusive craze prompted by this game during this period. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005] 

Handwritten manuscript, 26 February 1934. 
- 26 February 1934: 1 in-8° oblong sheet with manuscript on both sides in black ink on yellow paper by Breton, comprising 8 groups of 3 questions and answers labelled from A to H, with all of the questions beginning with: ‘What…?’; dated top left: ‘26 February 1934, 10.20 in the evening’; the other participants are Hugnet, Giacometti and Lila. 
- 1 in-8° oblong sheet with manuscript on both sides in black pencil on yellow paper by Alberto Giacometti comprising 8 groups of 3 questions and answers labelled from A to H, with all of the questions beginning with: ‘What…?’; dated top left: ‘26 February 1934.’ 
On the reverse, an original drawing representing a hand, apparently by Alberto Giacometti. [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

- Serena Bucalo-Mussely (dir.), Alberto Giacometti - André Breton, Amitiés surréalistes, institut Giacometti, Paris et éditions Fage, Paris, 2022, rep.