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Preface for an exhibition by Jene

Manuscript

Author

Author André Breton
Person cited Edgar Jené

Description

Manuscript of a text by André Breton for an exhibition by Edgar Jené at the Nina Dausset Gallery in December 1948.

A "bird's soul" with magnificent colours: presenting Jené's painting in this little preface dated 1948, Breton rediscovers the accents of automatic writing in order to express as closely as possible the truth of a work which, freed from all rational constraints, is itself close to automatism. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005]

Autograph manuscript, 21 November 1948.

1 page in-4° handwritten in blue ink on the reverse side of Cause letterheaded paper, dated and signed by Breton:

"The art of Jené, this lyrebird on the gypsum pane of a grotto window overlooking the first meadows of fire in bloom, in a head slung for an aurora borealis..." Some erasures and corrections. [Auction Catalogue, 2003]

 

Bibliography

André Breton (Édition publiée sous la direction d'Étienne-Alain Hubert avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier et Marie-Claire Dumas), « Edgar Jené », Le Surréalisme et la Peinture, Œuvres complètes, tome IV, Écrits sur l'art et autres textes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, page 611 à 612, notice et notes p. 1326-1327.

 

Creation date21/11/1948
Bibliographical material

1 page in-4°

LanguagesFrench
Physical descriptionMs - encre noire sur papier en-tête
Library

Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 106

Number of pages1
Reference1769000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2290
Keywords, ,
CategoriesAndre Breton's Manuscripts
Set[Breton's Manuscripts and Drawings] dossier Le Surréalisme et la peinture
ExhibitionEdgar Jené
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100122730
Exhibition place

See also

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Edgar Jené

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Edgar Jené

Carte double signée d'Edgar Jené, adressée à André Breton, non datée.

Deux images, une notice descriptive, un lien.