Description

Three pages of autograph notebook by Louis Aragon dated 1924, unsigned. The anonymous author of these three sheets of automatic writing may well be Aragon, their handwriting being so similar. However, in its spirit as much as in its clumsiness, the automatism is quite far from the elegant and superbly mastered manner of the young author of the La Défense de l'infini [The Defence of the Infinite]. The text presented here retains a unity of narrative, particularly around the motif of the mantilla. The abandonment to images is not fully made... [André Breton Workshop website, 2005] Autograph manuscript, 1924 - 8° school exercise book with handwritten text in red ink on the first three pages: "The blue lines served as rails for the diamond wagons that hurtled down the mantilla’s black slopes. A dense shadow, which at first sight might have been compared to the shape of a St Andrew's Cross, swirled over the countryside, revealing a fight between vultures in the sky.” [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

Georges Sebbag éd., Dix cahiers surrréalistes, avril 1924, Jean-Michel Place / Dilecta, Albias / Paris, 2021. Rep. p. 13 - 15.

 

Creation date	avril 1924
Bibliographical material	School exercise book, in-8°, stapled
Languages	French
Physical description	Ms - encre rouge
Library	Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes : Ms 3487
Size	17,50 x 22,20 cm
Number of pages	26 p.
Reference	1750000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2067
Keywords	Poetry, Automatic Writing
Categories	Surrealists Manuscripts
Set	[Archives] textes surréalistes ; cahiers surréalistes ; cachet, [Manuscrits] Louis Aragon
Permanent link	https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100073730