Taylor, Simon Watson, 1923-2005

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor.(Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"Cadaques (Girona) [Spain], Cher Simon Watson-Taylor, Je préfère réellement ne pas insister sur les..."

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Watson-Taylor, Entendu et enchanté pour le 19..."

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Simon, Bien reçu le papier merci et compliments..."

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Simon, Votre lettre du 8 Nov (!!)[sic] si[?] a rempli de joie et le texte de votre tranduction du 'Phare'..."

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One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)

"Cadaques (Girona) [Spain], Cher Simon, J'ai bien reçu votre programme pour le festival Apollinaire (ICA) et aussi votre letter du 1er Sept..."

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Letter from Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens to Simon Watson Taylor.

"Dear Sir, Preparing a new French edition fo[sic] the Writings of Marcel Duchamp..."

Scope and Contents Letter with questionnaire inviting Simon Watson Taylor, as a member of the Surrealist Group in England, to a meeting at the London Gallery. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 40)"THE SURREALIST GROUP IN ENGLAND - My dear Simon, A meeting of members will be held at the London Gallery, 23 Brook Street, on Monday June 23rd, at 8-30 p m. [sic] At the meeting held on Friday, June 6th I was instructed to prepare questions on Magritte's "The Red Model" and post them to members in time...

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Letter where Simon Watson Taylor rejects remarks made about his attitudes to the Group by Jean Schuster (one of the Au Tour des Livrée Sanglantes signatories) and comments on the text. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 44)

"Chere André Breton, Il est déjà un peu tard, je suppose, pour vous préciser mon point de vue en ce qui concerne les repoches adressés..."

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Letter from Simon Watson Taylor to Harper and Row regarding "Dictionnaire abrégé du surréalism."

"This is a facsimile reprint by Corti of a famous collective work, put together in 1938 under the supervision of André Beton and featuring texts and illustrations by all the surrealist poets and painters of any importance, past as well as at that time present..."

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Draft of a letter by Simon Watson Taylor to Marcel Duchamp. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 53)

"Le Collège vient de m'envoyer les preuves d'un texte qu'ils ont l'idée de publier dans le prochain Dossier aprepos du recent Expointernasur[?] a N.Y. Je viens d'écrire a Latis..."