Les manifestes du Surréalisme suivis de prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste du Surréalisme ou non

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Les manifestes du Surréalisme suivis de prolégomènes à un troisième manifeste du Surréalisme ou non

Artist Roberto Matta (Chilean, 1911-2002)

Printer Imprimerie Ch.-A. Bédu, St. Amànd

Author André Breton (French, 1896-1966)

Date1947

DimensionsBook: H: 7 5/8 in. (194 mm); W: 5 9/16 in. (142 mm); Depth: 1 in. (26 mm).
Page (untrimmed): H: 7 1/2 in. (191 mm); W: 5 1/2 in. (139 mm).

MediumOriginal prints: 3 drypoint etchings on Van Gelder cream wove paper. Reproduction: 1 line block reproduction of a drawing by Breton, in red (front wrapper). Text: letterpress on Van Gelder cream laid paper (typeface: Plantin).

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss

Object number

1984.743

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Label TextIn 1924, the French poet Andre Breton issued the "First Surrealist Manifesto", calling for "pure psychic automatism by which it is intended to express, either orally or in writing, the true function of thought.... Thought dictated in the absence of all control exerted by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations." This book reprints the 1924 manifesto, in addition to Breton's essays of 1929, 1930, 1942, and 1946. Three etchings by Matta illustrate this book of Breton texts, including this portrait of "a poet of our acquaintance" which precedes the 1930 essay on the "Second Surrealist Manifesto."