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    "The mailing of your book..."

    Postcard sent from Paris, April 9, 1932.

    Correspondence

    Author

    Author Lucie Schwob, dite Claude Cahun
    Letter to André Breton

    Description

    Postcard from Claude Cahun to André Breton thanking him for mailing his book, The Communicating Vessels.

    Handwritten postcard from Claude Cahun – signed with her real name: Lucie Schwob - to André Breton saying that she was very moved by the mailing of the book. (envelope conserved).

    Postcard inserted by André Breton into one of the copies of The Communicating Vessels [Auction catalogue, 2003; André Breton website, 2019]

    Transcription

    L’envoi de votre livre me touche infiniment.

    Merci – Lucie Schwob

    Creation dateSans date (circa 9 avril 1932)
    Postmarked date09/04/1932
    Destination address
    LanguagesFrench
    Place of origin
    Number of pages1 p.
    Reference9038000
    Breton Auction, 2003Lot 141
    Keywords, ,
    CategoriesCorrespondence, Letters to André Breton
    Set[Correspondance] Les Vases communicants, [Correspondance] Lettres de Claude Cahun
    Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600101000255
    Place of origin
    Place of destination

    See also

    1 Work
     
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    Les Vases communicants

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    André Breton

    Essai d'André Breton paru en 1932, truffé d'une lettre de Joë Bousquet et d'une carte postale de Claude Cahun.

    Quatre images, une notice descriptive, un lien, une bibliothèque.