Description

Four pages of texts, one of which is illustrated with pencil portraits, dating from late 1922. These seem to be haphazardly made up of drawings (one of them could represent Breton, recognisable by his hairstyle), a few pages of questions put to a ‘sleeper’ (returning to the ever disappointing questions about friends: "Morise? - No, I don't know him"), and finally a little worksheet on the partial spoonerism Poli honnête/poète honni [Honest Poli/ Honoured Poet]. Pages of notebooks, testifying to the daily life of an honest poet in his search for images, the ‘sleeping fit’ delivering a very beautiful one here, the phrase "jelly of odours" conveying the importance of sensation, as Breton has often pointed out. Surrealism is not only a spiritual matter; in the struggle against reason and bourgeois morality, the body reasserts its rights. 4 pages in-4° of texts, one of which is illustrated with small black pencil drawings by Breton representing three faces in profile: "I know a second planet with a woman's name...".

Creation date	1922
Date of publication	1922
Languages	French
Physical description	Ms et Ds - crayons noir et bleu,3 Ds
Library	Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 161
Method of acquisition and collection	Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris, don Aube et Oona Elléouët
Reference	12000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2026
Keywords	Graphic Arts, Work notes, Psychoanalysis, Dream, Automatic Writing
Categories	Manuscripts, Surrealists Manuscripts
Set	[Manuscripts] Sommeils
Permanent link	https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100090590