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Author André Breton

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Manuscript of dream phrases signed by André Breton and dated May 1953 and April 1956.

‘In the sands of dream there will always be a shovel in the wind.’ Again taking up some striking sentences like those in 1924 he said had ‘tapped at the window’, in 1960 Breton presented a kind of anthology of these strange sayings that appear in the course of a dream or upon awakening. The collection, entitled Le La, would be published in November 1961 in P.-A.B. editions, in Alès, with a lithograph by Jean Benoît.

The scraps of the manuscript gathered here are of interest in giving clues as to how Breton materially conceived this work of bibliophilia. So we have the different states of a collection conceived as a beautiful object, the wager of which would be to highlight and emphasise the singular strength of each of the sentences. [site Atelier André Breton, 2005]

Hand written manuscript signed by André Breton dated 11-12 May 1953 and 12 April 1956.

- 1 page in 4° manuscript in ink by Breton on blue paper containing two ‘awakening sentences’. [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

– André Breton, Le La, P.-A. B. Alès, 1961.

- André Breton (Édition publiée sous la direction d'Étienne-Alain Hubert avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier et Marie-Claire Dumas),Le La, Œuvres complètes, tome IV, Écrits sur l'art et autres textes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, p. 343.

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Manuscripts of dream phrases, dated December 2, 1960, decorated with a drawing, drafted and signed.

12 images, a descriptive note, associated manuscripts, a bibliography.

[AB's Manuscripts] Manuscripts 1958-1966