Taylor, Simon Watson, 1923-2005

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7 small cards. Type on paper. There are three different texts with Pataphysique phrases. 2 are on light green paper and state, "'Pataphysique des 'Pataphysiques..." 2 state, "Le Collège de 'Pataphysique..." 3 state, "JE N'AI QU'UN REGRET c'est..."

Scope and Contents "Perchance To Dream" featured in The Times Literary Supplement. (Bertram Rota Inventory, Surrealism Addenda Pg. 2-3) "The author of this, 'first full-length study of surrealism's impact on fiction' (blurb) chooses to preface each chapter with an irrelevant quotation from Lewis Carrol; a minor but tell-tale symptom of a casual approach limited apparently to addressing an audience equipped with the ' eager eye and willing ear, pleased a simple tale to hear' evoked in the envoi to...

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Two identical photo lithograph prints of Simon Watson Taylor, Duchamp, and Roger Shattuck.

Scope and Contents A photograph of Marcel Duchamp's "A Propos of Readymades" as reproduced in publications within the Simon Watson Taylor collection. Includes a cover page and writing on the back of the photograph. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 46)"A PROPOS OF 'READYMADES' IN 1913 I HAD THE HAPPY IDEA TO FASTEN A BICYCLE WHEEL TO A KITCHEN STOOL AND WATCH IT TURN. A FEW MONTHS LATER I BOUGHT A CHAP REPRODUCTION OF A WINTER EVENING LANDSCAPE, WHICH I CALLED 'PHARMACY' AFTER ADDING TWO MALL...

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One of four black and white photographs of Alfred Jarry. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph is a portrait of Alfred Jarry, outside, in a hat. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "JARRY, Please return to Simon Watson Taylor."

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One of four black and white photographs of Alfred Jarry. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph is of two men outside, including Alfred Jarry. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "JARRY, Please return to Simon Watson Taylor."

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One of four black and white photographs of Alfred Jarry. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph is of Alfred Jarry riding a bicycle. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "SWT [Simon Watson Taylor]."

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One of four black and white photographs of Alfred Jarry. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph is of formal portrate of Alfred Jarry posing in a group of men in suits. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "JARRY, Please return to Simon Watson Taylor."

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One of twenty black and white photographs of Dignitaries of the Collège de 'Pataphysique. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph was taken with three men posing outside. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "[Boris] Vian X[sic] Ionesco 1950?"

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One of twenty black and white photographs of Dignitaries of the Collège de 'Pataphysique. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 18)

This photograph was taken with a man playing a musical instrument. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph states, "Ionesco."