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BRETON, André (1896-1966)

Lot 83
29.10.2024 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 83 | BRETON, André (1896-1966)
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BRETON, André (1896-1966)
Second manifeste du surréalisme. Paris : Éditions Kra, 1930.

L'exemplaire de René Char, avec un superbe envoi autographe d'André Breton évoquant leur descente au bar "Maldoror" pour venger l'honneur du comte de Lautréamont :
"A René Char, dans la lumière du coup de couteau qu'il reçut un soir que lui et moi presque seuls nous attaquions le bistrot 'Maldoror' où la princesse Paléologue donnait un bal ! à vous mon cher René, avec qui je partage tant de raisons de vivre presque assez belles pour se confondre avec les raisons de mourir. André Breton, 21 septembre 1930."

Le 14 février 1930, la princesse roumaine Agathe Paléologue donne un bal costumé dans un dancing du quatorizième arrondissement, nommé Maldoror en référence au comte de Lautréamont. Alors que les invités y dansent en pyjama, selon le thème de la soirée, une bande de surréalistes furieux fait irruption dans la pièce. Breton, Char, Éluard et Aragon entendent défendre l'honneur de l'écrivain, idole des surréalistes, dont le nom a été sali par association à l'établissement. Tandis que le jeune René Char tire sur les nappes, brise la vaiselle et tient le videur à l'écart, André Breton frappe un grand coup de canne et s'exclame devant l'assemblée : "Nous sommes les invités du comte de Lautréamont !" Char est blessé dans la bagarre, recevant un coup de couteau dans l'aine, auquel Breton fait référence dans son envoi. L'assault sera narré dans les journaux du lendemain comme un "combat formidable". Au cours de la même année, les quatre écrivains fonderont ensemble la revue "Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution". Guide du Paris surréaliste, dir. Henri Béhar, pp. 181-182.

In-4 (282 x 225 mm). Édition originale. Un des 60 exemplaires sur vélin Annam de Rives, celui-ci le n° 57, nominatif, "imprimé pour Monsieur René Char". Illustré d'un frontispice de Salvador Dali colorié au pochoir. En feuilles, sous couverture rempliée.

René Char's copy, printed for him, inscribed to him by André Breton who recalls their ransack of the "Maldoror" dancing a few months earlier - they had entered the place to defend the honor of their idol Lautréamont, claiming to be "his guests", and Char had been stabbed during the brawl.

Artist:André Breton (1896 - 1966)
Place of origin:France
Auction house category:Books
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