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Breton, Andre, 1896-1966

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1896-02-18 - 1966-09-28

Biography

André Robert Breton was a French writer, poet and anti-fascist. He is known best as the co-founder, leader, principal theorist and chief apologist of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism."

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from André Breton to Simon Watson Taylor, 1947-05-08

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1974.002.1.1.002
Scope and Contents

Letter asking Simon Watson Taylor to invite other selected members of the English [surrealist] Group, on his behalf, to submit works for the exhibition. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 36)

"Cher Watson Taylor, Je tiens esseulement [?] a ce que..."

Dates: 1947-05-08

Letter from André Breton to Simon Watson Taylor, 1947-01-12

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1974.002.1.1.003
Scope and Contents

Letter asking for suggestions on various aspects of the International Exhibition of Surrealism. Attached is Simon Watson Taylor's "Twelve Altars," being his contribution to this section of the exhibition. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 37)

“EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DU SURRÉALISME 1947 présentée par André Breton et Marcel Duchamp... Nous vous convions chaleureusement à participer à l'Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme qui aura lieu à Paris au printemps de 1947..."

Dates: 1947-01-12

More A Way Of Life, 1967-06-08

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: 1974.002.1.25.004
Scope and Contents "More A Way Of Life" featured in The Times Literary Supplement. (Bertram Rota Inventory, Surrealism Addenda Pg. 2-3)"André Breton dead? It is the more difficult to believe because no one during the present century seemed more immune to the concept of mortality. Without Breton, surrealism could never have existed, let alone survived the hard knocks it administered and received in the fields of literature, art, politics and sociology during the forty-four years of its turbulent...
Dates: 1967-06-08

Préface, 1944-01-15

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: 1974.002.1.19.002
Scope and Contents Préface by André Breton. Translated by Bravig Imbs. (Bertram Rota Surrealism Supplimental Inventory 1974, Pg. 2) "The almost complete disruption on the critical spirit-which mentally characterizes wartime-has had a very profound effect on the development of the arts and the interplay of ideas on the development of the arts and the interplay of ideas involved inn that development...""La crise à peu près totale de l'esprit critique qui caractèrise au mental le temps de...
Dates: 1944-01-15

Simon Watson Taylor 'Pataphysical' & Surrealist collection, 1935-1965

 Collection
Identifier: 1974-002
Scope and Contents Consists of publications, posters, manuscripts, correspondence, documents , photographs, and memorabilia by or relating to the College de Pataphysique; texts by and about Alfred Jarry; books and documents by and about Andre Breton and the surrealists; books by and about Jacques Herold; and materials by and about Marcel Duchamp. (Refer also to the inventory from Bertram Rota which accompanied the collection).Administrative/Biographical History: Books and periodicals have been...
Dates: 1934 - 1975

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Authors, French -- 20th century -- Posters 1
Dadaism. 1
Experimental drama -- History and criticism. 1
Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Taylor, Simon Watson. 1
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Surrealism. 1
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