Quarterly newsletter of Skira Art Editions
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Skira quarterly bulletin, issue 4, dated December 1966, with a tribute from Albert Skira to André Breton who had recently died.
Pas d'image, une notice descriptive à compléter, des liens.
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A letter dated 19 February 1966, and a contract proposal
Author
Author Albert SkiraLetter to André BretonPerson cited Xavier de Maistre
Description
A letter signed by Albert Skira to André Breton, 19 February 1966, to which is attached the draft contract for the work What will my room be like at the end of the journey? to be published in the collection ‘Les sentiers de l'art’, signed by Albert Skira.
Following Xavier de Maistre, without a particular order, with this splendid title for a never to be written book: What my room will be like at the journey’s end. The intended subject was the treasures in a certain studio located at 42 rue Fontaine. But Breton's last project, elaborated in complicity with Albert Skira, never appeared. The writer would have included in it reproductions of paintings and objects he owned, or no longer owned, such as Picasso's Head, or the Child's Brain, which had been sold a few years earlier. Perhaps the Atelier André Breton site is the delayed realization of this half-imaginary museum, which we would today call virtual, in a form the poet could not have imagined. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Typed letter, 19 February 1966, draft contract, 18 February 1966.
One of two typescript letters signed by Albert Skira and sent to André Breton on 31 January and 19 February 1966, regarding an editorial project of André Breton and Albert Skira of a text never to be published and whose projected title was What will my room be like at the end of the journey? (3 pages in-4° with envelopes) [sale catalogue, 2003].
*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.
| Creation date | 19/02/1966 |
| Bibliographical material | Typed letter signed from Albert Skira to André Breton on letterhead from Editions d'art Albert Skira, Geneva, February 19, 1966, to which is attached the agreement for the work What will my room be like at the end of the journey? to appear in the collection 'The paths of art', signed by Albert Skira. - 5 leaves in-4° and env. |
| From / Provenance | Envoi de l'auteur |
| Place of origin | |
| Library | |
| Reference | 718000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2536 |
| Keywords | Letter, Work notes |
| Categories | Correspondence, Letters to André Breton |
| Set | [Correspondance] Correspondance avec Albert Skira |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100999927 |
Place of origin 
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Letter dated 31 January 1966, about a never to be published text whose projected title was What will my room be like at the journeys’ end?
Three images, a descriptive note, a library, a bibliography.
What will my room be at the journey's end?
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Undated manuscript; unfinished text by André Breton.[1966].
Seven images, a descriptive note, a library, a bibliography.
[AB's Manuscripts] Manuscripts 1958-1966, [Photos d'objets] photos in the studio