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The cage of senses and its open door

Manuscript

Author

Author André Breton

Description

Manuscript of ‘The cage of senses and its open door’, an unfinished poem by André Breton composed between 1931 and 1935.

Hand-written poem, sd [1931 - 1935].
'The cage of senses and its open door'; 1 page in-4° in green ink with erasures and corrections.
‘Escape isn’t what is most difficult; people have never known how to build prisons
‘In places that sound the emptiness of their morals instead of the previous day’s bars [...]' [sale catalogue, 2003; this entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson, 2022].

 

Bibliography

André Breton, (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), « La Cage aux sens et sa porte ouverte », Inédits I, Œuvres complètes, tome II, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1992, p. 661.

Creation datesd
Bibliographical material

1 page in-4°

Date of publication 1931
LanguagesFrench
Physical descriptionMs - encre verte
Library

Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 70

Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2170
Keywords,
CategoriesAndre Breton's Manuscripts
Set[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100026160

See also

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La Cage (portrait d'André Breton)

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Israëlis Bidermanas, dit Izis

Deux portraits photographiques d'André Breton avec une cage à oiseau en 1948, signés Izis.
Quatre images, une notice descriptive.