ID 838378
Lot 223 | DUCHAMP, Marcel, André BRETON et autres
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 5 000
Boîte alerte. Missives lascives. Exposition internationale du Surréalisme. 1959 – 1960. Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, 1959
DUCHAMP, Marcel, André BRETON et autres
Boîte alerte. Missives lascives. Exposition internationale du Surréalisme. 1959 – 1960
Paris, Galerie Daniel Cordier, 1959
ÉDITION ORIGINALE DE CE LIVRE-OBJET SURRÉALISTE
In-8 étroit (265 x 124 mm)
TIRAGE : un des 200 exemplaires de luxe après 20 exemplaires de grand luxe, celui-ci numéroté 67 à la justification du catalogue et à l'intérieur du couvercle de la boîte
ÉLÉMENTS CONTENUS DANS LA BOÎTE :
1. 9 missives lascives :
- 1 enveloppe rouge "Avez-vous pensé à donner un peu de sang ?" portant le timbre "Restez enchanteresse", contenant une plaquette de Joyce Mansour, "La Pointe" (Paris, 1959)
- 1 aérogramme d'Octavio Paz, "Huis clos", portant le timbre "Restez enchanteresse", contenant un texte, "Edelmira B." et une reproduction photographique en noir et blanc
- 1 enveloppe rose à "A n'ouvrir sous aucun prétexte" contenant une plaquette illustrée de Robert Benayoun, "Le Corridor"
- 1 enveloppe orange "Usage Externe" portant le timbre "Restez enchanteresse" et contenant une plaquette "La Marée" (Paris, 1959), illustrée d’une reproduction d’une œuvre de Toyen (1955), texte d’André Pieyre de Mandiargues
- 1 enveloppe blanche à l'adresse caviardée et inscription "strictement personnel", portant le timbre "Restez enchanteresse", contenant un courrier de Robert Benayoun
- 1 enveloppe transparente "Avis de souffrance" portant le timbre "Restez enchanteresse" et contenant une plaquette anonyme "Lettres d'un sadique"
- 1 enveloppe blanche à fenêtre transparente contenant un bas noir de femme orné de la mention "Haut" par Mimi Parent
- 1 enveloppe vert tendre contenant le texte "La Perle fine" d'Alain Joubert
- 1 enveloppe jaune "Sois ardent en forêt" contenant 1 composition originale en couleurs de Micheline Bounoure collée sur un papier fort rouge
2. 1 câble de Marcel Duchamp sur papier rose, plié, signé Rrose et adressé à André Breton
3. 2 disques souples 45 tours, "La Brebis galante" de Benjamin Péret et "L'Ivresse religieuse des grandes villes" de Joyce Mansour
4. 4 lithographies originales en couleurs d’Adrien Dax, Joan Miró, Max Walter Svanberg, et Toyen, chacune numérotée et signée
5. 1 eau-forte originale de Maréchal, numérotée et monogrammée
6. 6 cartes postales en couleurs de Hans Bellmer, Salvador Dalí, Arshile Gorky, Joan Miró, Max Walter Svanberg et Clovis Trouille retenues par un bandeau « Exposition inteRnatiOnale du Surréalisme 1959 – 60 »
PIÈCE JOINTE :
1. papier d’emballage noir d’origine avec le ruban adhésif vert conservé, portant le numéro de l'exemplaire
L'ENSEMBLE DANS L'EMBOITAGE CARTONNÉ VERT DE L'ÉDITEUR imitant une boîte aux lettres (180 x 280 x 60 mm)
First edition of this surrealist collection of letters, objects, postcards and original signed and numbered graphic works
265 x 124 mm.
Artist: | André Breton (1896 - 1966) |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Artist: | André Breton (1896 - 1966) |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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