[The moon begins...]
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Manuscript signed by André Breton and dated 7 February 1953.
An image, a descriptive note, a bibliography.
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Manuscript signed by André Breton dated the night of 6-7 February 1953.
‘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]
Manuscript signed by André Breton illustrated with two cut outs on coloured paper, dated 6-7 February 1953.
- 1 large page in-4° hand written by Breton on black drawing paper entitled ‘The moon begins where the cherry finishes with the lemon’ hand written texts by Breton illustrated with two cut-outs on laminated coloured paper in a superb layout. (The short texts - except those of the cut outs - were published in Le La at P.A.B. in 1960). [Auction Catalogue, 2003]
Bibliography
– André Breton, Le La (60 exemplaires avec une lithographie de Jean Benoît), 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.
| Creation date | sd [circa 1953 - 1960] |
| Bibliographical material | - 1 page large in-4° - Ms - on Canson black |
| Languages | French |
| Number of pages | 1 p. |
| Reference | 644000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2488 |
| Keywords | Poetry, Automatic Writing |
| Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Manuscripts 1958-1966, [AB's Manuscripts] Poems-objects |
| Permanent link | https://cms.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600101002171 |
See also
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Layout for _Le La_
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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.