"One day a bonze asked the bonze Sozan Daishi : What is most precious in the world ? — Anything-carrion, the head of a dead cat, answered Sozan Daishi. — Why ? — Because we cannot evaluate it."
"This is entirely within our birdlike range. One of the great secrets of Toyen, that she alone possesses, is to take into consideration that which cannot be evaluated.
One of her other secrets - but you shall know no more - is that all that she touches is linked to my song by a silken ladder." André Breton (Paris, Galerie Denise René, Exposition Toyen, catalogue, 1947, sans pagination).
- Ragnar von Holten, Toyen, en surrealistisk visionär (textes d'André Breton et Benjamin Péret), Köping, Lindfors Förlag, 1984, rep.p. 29, n° 33
- Rita Bischof, Toyen, das malerische Werk, Frankfurt am Main, 1987, rep.p. 135
| Creation date | 1943 |
| Date of publication | 1943 |
| Languages | French |
| Physical description | 87 x 66 cm (34 1/4 x 26 in.) - Huile sur toile |
| Copyright | © ADAGP, Paris, 2005. |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 4032 |
| Keywords | Painting |
| Categories | Modern Paintings |
| Set | [Archives] Surréalistes tchèques |
| Exhibition | Exposition Toyen |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100825090 |
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Jindřich Heisler, non identifié
Portrait photographique de Toyen à l'île de Sein ainsi qu'une photographie de Toyen, André et Elisa Breton sur un bâteau en route vers l'île de Sein en août 1948.
Deux images, une notice descriptive, une bibliothèque, des expositions.
