Description

Manuscript signed by André Breton and dated 14 January 1957. "Glory be to the Polyvision of Abel Gance and Nelly Kaplan!" A rather difficult-to-decipher draft of a text that appeared in the second issue of Le Surréalisme, même in March 1957, this document is a critical note on Nelly Kaplan's film Magirama, a work that completely enthralled Breton: citing the authority of Duchamp, Valéry, John Dunne, in support of his feelings, he says he came out of the experience transformed. [Atelier André Breton website, 2005] Autograph manuscript signed by André Breton and dated 14 January 1957 in Paris. 1 page in-4° of a first draft manuscript, titled in blue ink, dated and signed in ink, with numerous erasures and corrections of a text relating to the film Magirama, Abel Gance, and Nelly Kaplan. "I know that he (Abel Gance), whose inalienable patent is shared with Nelly Kaplan, has taken a decisive step towards this new structure of time, which Paul Valery (in his Méthodes of 1896) and Marcel Duchamp (from 1912 to 1921) called for with more or less scepticism or irony, and also John Dunne, who, in 1927, succeeded in apprehending theoretically in his little-known work, An Experiment with Time. I have always thought that this new structure that scientists and philosophers are trying to discover can only be revealed through new affective states. They are more than just a spark in Magirama." Text published in Le Surréalisme, même, no. 2, Spring 1957. [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), « Magirama 1957 [Abel Gance et Nelly Kaplan] », Alentours, Œuvres complètes, tome IV, Écrits sur l'art et autres textes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 2008, p. 1071-1073, notice p. 1449.

 

Creation date	14/01/1957
Bibliographical material	1 page in-4° - MS – blue and red ink
Languages	French
Number of pages	1 p.
Reference	605000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 2436
Keywords	Film, Magic, Work notes
Categories	Andre Breton's Manuscripts
Set	[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Permanent link	https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100193140