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Handwritten text by André Breton about his undated homonymous poem-object.
Collages, dream-objects and poems-objects: surrealism constantly aimed at abolishing the borders between the arts, consequently imagining new ‘creative’ techniques. The poet’s collage in which he utilises hiss own techniques to turn a visual object into a poem corresponds to the frottages, cut-outs and other collage means discovered by the painters. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]
Hand-written manuscript, sd [December 1941].
- These wastelands..., 1/2 page in-4 texts with titles handwritten in blue ink by Breton with some erasures and corrections of this text relating to the object poem:
‘These wastelands
‘where I wander
‘defeated by the shadow
‘and the moon
‘attached to the house of my heart.'
‘The object-poem is a composition that extends to combine the resources of the poetic and visual arts as it speculates on their power of mutual exaltation.’ For a Collage. [sale catalogue, 2003]
André Breton gave, the poem-object These Wastelands to Kay Sage in December 1941. She later entrusted it to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where it is held under inventory number 197.1963. [André Breton website, 2014]
*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.
Bibliography
- André Breton (Édition publiée sous la direction d'Étienne-Alain Hubert avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier et Marie-Claire Dumas), [Sur le poème-objet « Ces Terrains vagues »], Textes retrouvés, 1938-1948, Œuvres complètes, tome IV, Écrits sur l'art et autres textes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, pages 1188-1189.
Ces terrains vagues, MOMA
Creation date | sd [1941] |
Date of publication | 2008 |
Languages | French |
Physical description | Ms - encre bleue |
Library | |
Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2236 |
Keywords | Assemblage or collage, Aesthetic, New York, Painting, poem-object, Poetry, Sculpture, Surrealism |
Categories | Manuscripts, Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts, [AB's Manuscripts] Poems-objects |
Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100040890 |