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    Ah! Stop racing and breathless dogs...

    Manuscript

    Author

    Author André Breton

    Description

    Handwritten poem by André Breton composed between 1920 and 1923.
    Handwritten manuscript, sd [1920 - 1923]. ‘Ah! Stop racing and breathless dogs...’, 1 page in-4°, unpublished handwritten poem of 5 quatrains:
    ‘The dogs we call on spider’s legs
    ‘Near ponds among deer always without tears
    ‘At the time when the jewels in the hands of thieves
    ‘Bleed, where the naked arm takes the star for an axe.’ [auction catalogue, 2003]

    Bibliography

    - André Breton, Poèmes, Inédits II, ŒŒuvres complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Tome I, Paris, Gallimard, page 603

    Creation datesd [1925 - 1929] d'après le catalogue de la vente
    sd [1920 - 1923] d'après Marguerite Bonnet (Pléiade I, 1988)
    Bibliographical material

    Ms - ink
    1 page in-4°

    LanguagesFrench
    Library

    Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 42

    Reference1728000
    Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2086
    Keywords,
    CategoriesManuscripts, Andre Breton's Manuscripts
    Set[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
    Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100065700