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Description
Autograph poem of André Breton composed between 1925 and 1930.
Autograph manuscript, undated [1925-1930].
- 'Du temps que les choses parlaient' [From the time when things spoke], 1 page in-4°, autograph poem by Breton in ink on blue paper. On the reverse side of the folio are prose works by Baudelaire copied by Breton: "All the ambition of the prophets with their hats in black summer All the nostalgia of the conquerors who rise towards the sun like a golden tendril Nuanced the duration with electric and charged copper shavings." [Auction Catalogue, 2003]
Bibliography
- André Breton, Poèmes autographes, 1931-1935, Inédits III, Œuvres complètes, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Tome I, Paris, Gallimard, pages 1060 et 1061.
| Creation date | sd [1925 - 1929] |
| Bibliographical material | MS - ink – 1 page in-4° |
| Languages | French |
| Library | |
| Reference | 1728000 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 2086 |
| Keywords | Work notes, Poetry |
| Categories | Andre Breton's Manuscripts |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100226800 |