Alberto GIACOMETTI is preparing the EROS exhibition with A. BRETON.

Alberto GIACOMETTI (1901.1966)

Autograph letter signed to André Breton.

Two ½ in-8° pages. Stamped and canceled autograph envelope. Paris. August 23, 1959.

« I think that the “suspended ball” and the “invisible object”, that’s its name, are among the most appropriate things.”

Very beautiful letter from Giacometti to his friend Breton relating to the International Surrealism Exhibition, EROS, organized by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp at the Daniel Cordier Gallery during the winter of 1959-60.

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Dear André, Thank you for your letter which I found here when I returned to Paris in the last few days and I regret my long delay in replying to you. Your letter gave me great pleasure. I agree in advance with your choice for my representation at the exhibition you are planning but I think that the "suspended ball" and the "invisible object", that is indeed its name, are among the most suitable things. The project published in Labyrinthe seems to me, on the other hand, very difficult to realize and I believe that it would have very little interest. It is a drawing which accompanies a text "The Sphinx, the dream and the death of T." I believe that you read it at the time. It is impossible for me to say anything about it in this letter; we could talk about it when you return to Paris. In any case, I would be very happy to see you as soon as possible upon your return. See you very soon I hope and very affectionately, also from Annette to Élisa and to you. Alberto Giacometti. »