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It is time that wants

Manuscript

Author

Author André Breton

Description

Handwritten manuscript of a poem by André Breton, undated.

Handwritten poem, undated [1931 - 1935].
- ‘It is time that wants’, 1 in-12° diary page with perforations on pink paper, in ink. 
‘It is time that wants man with eyes of catastrophe
As for woman she is slave only to the crowd 
Only to the crowd of the seasons that make and unmake the bed of the glade’.

(La Pléiade, vol. II, Inédits I, pages 657-658.) [Auction catalogue, 2003]

Bibliography

André Breton, (Édition de Marguerite Bonnet avec la collaboration de Philippe Bernier, Étienne-Alain Hubert et José Pierre), « [C'est le temps qui veut...] », Inédits I, Œuvres complètes, tome II, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, Paris, Gallimard, 1992, p. 657-658.

Creation date1931 - 1940
Bibliographical material

1 in-12° diary page with perforations on pink paper

LanguagesFrench
Library

Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet, Paris : BRT 66

Number of pages1 p.
Reference1748000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 2170
Keywords,
CategoriesManuscripts, Andre Breton's Manuscripts
Set[AB's Manuscripts] Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100624450