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Description
Painting in wax on paper by André Breton.
Wax on paper.
"What is play? It is to paint, to write, to make poetry. When you sit alone at a table to write, you prepare yourself to play with yourself."Jacques Hérold (Alain Jouffroy, Les jeux surréalistes (entretien avec Jacques Hérold), in : XXe siècle, Le surréalisme I, nouvelle série, XXXVI année, n° 42, juin 1974, p. 151)
Bibliography
- Octavio Paz (préface de), Jean-Michel Goutier (choix des textes et catalogue établi par), André Breton, Je vois, j'imagine, Paris, Gallimard, 1991, rep.p.107, n° 77
| Creation date | sd [après 1946] |
| Physical description | 18 x 12,8 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.) - Cire sur papier, sd |
| Size | 18,00 x 12,80 cm |
| Copyright | © ADAGP, Paris, 2005. |
| Reference | 2376031 |
| Breton Auction, 2003 | Lot 4038 |
| Keywords | Painting, Surrealism |
| Categories | Modern Paintings, 1947-1957, Objects by André Breton |
| Set | [AB's Manuscripts] classeur Dessins d'André Breton |
| Permanent link | https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100361600 |