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Photographic documents relating to Les Vases communicants

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Author

People cited André Breton, Joseph-Ferdinand Cheval, Melmoth
By (photographer) non identifié

Description

Photographic documents relating to Les Vases communicants [The Communicating Vessels] dated 1931 and titled by André Breton. Photographic documents relating to Les Vases communicants (1931) Twelve original black & white photographs (14 x 8.5 cm) in two envelopes titled by Breton "Documents relatifs aux Vases communicants" [Documents relating to The Communicating Vessels] and "Photos les Vases communicants" [The Communicating Vessels photos]. Image 1. – Aube [Breton’s daughter] in front of the seaport. Images 2 & 3. - Breton at the ‘Ideal Palace’ of the Postman Cheval (1931) - Plate 7 titled on the back by Breton, photograph reproduced in the 1955 edition of Les Vases communicants [VII. At the Ideal Palace of the Postman Cheval (1931), Œuvres complètes, Vol. II, p.204]. Images 4 & 5. - Slot machine, photograph reproduced in the 1955 edition of Les Vases communicants [II. ‘À l'Éden-Casino’, , Œuvres completes, Vol.II, another photo reproduced on p.126]. Images 6 & 7. - The Hotel Reine des Alpes. Image 8. - A bridge over a river. Image 9. - Breton's face, emerging from the trunk of a hollow tree. Image 10. - The same picture taken from further away. Image 11. - The gable of an old farmhouse, with a road-sign reading ‘Pont de Soleils’. Image 12. - Breton's dog. Image 13. - A street in Castellane. Images 14 and 15. - Breton, in profile, sitting under a porch and writing; captioned by him on the reverse in red pencil: "Castellane (B.-A.) writing Les Vases communicants.” [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

André Breton, (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), Les Vases communicants, Œuvres complètes, tome II, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1992, p. 204.

Creation date1931
Date of publication 1931
LanguagesFrench
Physical descriptionphotos n&b
Size14,00 x 8,50 x 0,10 cm
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2172
Keywords, ,
Categories1931-1939
Set[AB's Manuscripts] L'Amour fou, Arcane 17, Les Vases communicants,
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100061950