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Eaux troubles (fragments)
Martinique charmeuse de serpents
Author
Author André BretonPeople cited Aliker, Aubéry, Darcy-Moffat, Georges de Lacoste, Emmanuel (Mano) de Lacoste, Lémery, Jean-Charles Legrand
Description
Manuscript of the final pages of ‘Eaux troubles’ (Troubled Water) incorporated in Martinique charmeuse de serpents and published in 1942 in Pour la victoire in New York.
The paper is different, but the text is the same; these three separate pages belong with the manuscript of ‘Eaux troubles’ present in Breton’s archives. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Handwritten manuscript, 1942.
- 3 large in-4° pages, numbered 30, 31 and 32, written by Breton in blue ink, of the final pages of ‘Eaux troubles’. A few deletions and corrections. (La Pléiade, vol. III, Eaux troubles; extracts from pages 395-98). [Auction catalogue, 2003]
Bibliography
- André Breton, (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), « Eaux troubles », Martinique charmeuse de serpents, Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, pages 395-398.
| Creation date | 1942 |
| Languages | French |
| Physical description | Ms - encre noire |
| Number of pages | 3 p. |
| Reference | 477000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2242 |
| Keywords | In the News, martinique, New York, Work notes |
| Categories | Surrealists Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100738880 |