We don't ear it that way (André Breton)

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We don't ear it that way

Author

People cited Édouard Jaguer, Gérard Legrand, André Breton, Salvador Dalí, José Pierre, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler
Contributions by Jean Benoît, Guido Biasi, Gianni Dova, Yves Elléouët, Roland Giguère, Radovan Ivsic, Édouard Jaguer, Jacques Lacomblez, Juan Carlos Langlois, Gérard Legrand, Julio Antonio Llinas, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Jean Schuster, Jean Thiercelin, Robert Benayoun, Vincent Bounoure, André Breton, Guillaume Corneille, Adrien Dax, Alain Joubert, Édouard-Léon-Théodore Mesens, Mimi Parent, José Pierre, Claude Tarnaud, Marie Cerminova, dite Toyen

Description

"We don't ear it that way": A Surrealist polemic which started with this tract, written in Paris in French and then in English for the public of New York. Started by the Surrealist group of Paris to protest against the presence of Dali at the Surrealist exhibition held at the D'Arcy Galleries in New York, in November and December of 1960. It seems that Dali had been invited by the gallery coordinator (indicated by a few letters in the Breton archives), but also with the agreement of Marcel Duchamp, who stayed friends with the Spanish painter, despite the disagreement of André Breton.

André Breton, the official co-organizer of the exhibition, was opposed to Dali's presence and his painting which seemed to figure a "Madonna" entitled "L'oreille anti-matière." According to Dali, he responded to the surrealist tract with another tract, "New York Salutes Me," in which he revindicated himself to be surrealist and explained that in being a surrealist painter, he never had the slightest idea of what his painting signified.

Copy N°1/25 ex. on large paper (colored with green tint) "adorned with a few hairs of the real moustache."

This tract was also transcribed. You can find it on the site of Centre de recherches sur le surréalisme, Mélusine.

Bibliography

José Pierre (dir.), Tracts surréalistes et Déclarations collectives (1922-1969), Paris, Le Terrain vague (Éric Losfeld éditeur), t. II, p. 209

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Notice Worldcat

Bibliographical material	1 page in-4°. Breton Collection Sold 2003 - lot n° 1643.
Date of publication	01/12/1960
Publication	first publication
Languages	English, French
Size	30,00 cm
Number of pages	[1] f. impr
Publisher	Sans éditeur
Reference	894000
Breton Auction, 2003	Lot 1643
Keywords	Exhibitions, Surrealism, Tract
Categories	Pamphlets
Set	Tracts surréalistes et déclarations collectives
Exhibition	1960, Surrealist Intrusion in the Enchanters' Domain, International Surrealist Exhibition, D'Arcy Galleries, New York
Permanent link	https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100918430