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Handwritten manuscript by André Breton responding to Pierre Mabille’s enquiry dated 16 June 1941.

A ‘tidied up’ version of this text was published in the Inédits I of volume III of the Oeuvres complètes, under the title ‘Réponse à une enquête de Pierre Mabille’, in which the editors say they aren’t sure if Mabille's name is correct since the manuscript is simply marked ‘P.M.’. Breton gives a summary, specifically cross-referencing the text of another enquiry (for La Nacion in Ciudad de Trujillo) about his experiences since the phony war. [André Breton Workshop website, 2005]

Autograph manuscript signed, New York, June 16, 1941.
- 2 pages in-12, manuscript in green ink by Breton, dated and signed, of this response to an inquiry by Pierre Mabille:
‘I particularly remember the passionate interest my friends and I took at the end of the other war in full contrast to the darkness we knew in Europe, in those even ephemeral publications where the freedom of the spirit culminated that were called ‘291,’ ‘The Blind Man,’ ‘Wrong Wrong,’ and which brought us the message of Duchamp, Picabia, Cravan...’
Scratchings and corrections. (Oeuvres complètes, Volume III, Inédits I, [Réponse à une enquête de Pierre Mabille], p. 175-176). [Sale catalogue, 2003]

*This entry was translated from the French by Michael Richardson.

Bibliography

André Breton (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Marie-Claire Dumas, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), « [Réponse à une enquête de Pierre Mabille] », [Inédits I], Œuvres complètes, tome III, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1999, p.  175-176.

 

Creation date16-juin-41
Bibliographical material

2 pages in-12 - Ms - green ink

LanguagesFrench
Number of pages2 p.
Reference480000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2231
Keywords, ,
CategoriesAndre Breton's Manuscripts
Set[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100530120

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Response to an enquiry in La Nacion

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André Breton

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Manuscript of an interview with Breton by Eugenio F. Granell published in Spanish in the Dominican newspaper La Nacion on 28 May 1941.
Three images, a descriptive note, a bibliography.

[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts, [Manuscrits d'AB] Perspective cavalière