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Preparation folder for one of the twelve altars planned for the exhibition Surrealism in 1947.
Rather than the meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella, we are here presented with the amalgam of a wolf and a table, to which one of the altars designed by the surrealists for the 1947 International Exhibition of Surrealism was dedicated. Under the sign of Sagittarius, amethyst is its stone. Benjamin Péret feeds the beast with tubes of mascara, not forgetting of course (a cruel detail!) “the little brush”. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Folder titled by André Breton for one of the 12 altars from the surrealist exhibition at the Maeght gallery in 1947 (the documents are all in a ribbon folder titled by André Breton).
IX. The Wolf-table, handwritten note by André Breton [Auction Catalogue, 2003].
This object was shown at the Pompidou Centre for the exhibition ‘Surrealism First and Always’ marking the Manifesto of Surrealism’s centenary. See the Exhibition field in this entry. [Atelier André Breton website, 2024]
| Creation date | sd [1947] |
| Bibliographical material | 2 pages in-4° - MS - black and red pencil |
| Languages | French |
| Library | Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou, Paris : Fonds André Breton 10592 Boîte de la vente |
| Number of pages | 2 p. |
| Reference | 1352000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2282 |
| Keywords | Altars, Exhibitions, Work notes, Surrealism |
| Categories | Archives |
| Set | [Exhibitions] 1947, Exposition Maeght 1947 |
| Exhibition | Surréalisme..., MNAM Centre Pompidou | Centenaire du Manifeste du surréalisme |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100988440 |
