Box 1

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Letter from Jean Dubuffet to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"J'ai reçu toutes vos cartes et lettres qui s'égrènent à tous les courriers comme perles..."

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Carbon copy typed letter from Jean Dubuffet to Richard Brodney of Grove Press with Photographs of the drawings "Zoology" and "Tentative d'être." (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"...Sur les instructions de M. Simon Watson Taylor, je vous envoie ci-joint les photographies de deux dessins que j'ai faite..."

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Letter from Jean Dubuffet. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"Grand monsieur, Le versatile légat[?] est bien bon l'avoir traversé la grand ville pour aller..."

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Letter from Jean Dubuffet to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"Je me suis, il est vrai, toujours demandé ai j'éais anarchiste..."

Scope and Contents One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. Cordial letters, all in French, in which Duchamp touches upon such subjects as the Pataphysical number of Evergreen Review, sent by Watson Taylor, and points in the translation of material by himself when SWT was preparing the translation of Marcel Jean's "The History of Surrealist Painting." (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Watson-Taylor, Merci pour...

Scope and Contents One of eight handwritten letters from Marcel Duchamp to Simon Watson Taylor. Cordial letters, all in French, in which Duchamp touches upon such subjects as the Pataphysical number of Evergreen Review, sent by Watson Taylor, and points in the translation of material by himself when SWT was preparing the translation of Marcel Jean's "The History of Surrealist Painting." (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 52)"28 West 10th Street, New York City. Cher Watson-Taylor, Seulement 3 ou 4...

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One of two letters from Le Baron Jean Mollet to Simon Watson Taylor. His Magnificence the Vice-Curator-Founder of the College [of Pataphysics] warmly expresses thanks for the "College de Pataphysique american [sic]" (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"Pardonnez moi d'avoir été [?] pour vous remercier de..."

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Postcard issued by the College of Pataphysics reporducing one of Jean Dubuffet's drawings, from Latis to Simon Watson Taylor. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"Des courtes que le soleil..."

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One of two letters from Le Baron Jean Mollet to Simon Watson Taylor. This second letter expresses thanks for a further publication. (Bertram Rota Inventory 1974, Pg. 16)

"Je suis au regret et vous fait touts [?] mes succès [?] pour vous remercier..."