André BRETON and the reproduction of the “Manifesto of Surrealism”.

André Breton (1896.1966).

Signed autograph letter.

One page in quarto on pinkish-orange paper. Paris. April 10, 1932.

Charming letter from Breton concerning the reproduction rights of the Surrealist Manifesto.

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“Dear Mademoiselle, I found your letter upon returning from my trip. Naturally, I leave you free to set the reproduction rights for these few pages of the Surrealist Manifesto . Perhaps you could ask Mr. Régis Michaud to send me a copy of the volume he is preparing, when it is published. With my thanks, I remain, Mademoiselle, yours sincerely. André Breton.”

On October 15, 1924, André Breton published the first Manifesto of Surrealism , which would inspire generations of artists to come. Disillusioned with the apathy of the Dadaists, especially Tzara, and bolstered by considerable literary popularity and a wide circle of colleagues (including Louis Aragon, Robert Desnos, René Crevel, and Francis Picabia), Breton definitively left Dada by publishing the Manifesto of Surrealism . What was initially intended as a preface to his work *Poisson soluble* ultimately became a book detailing the development of modern literature and providing the first definition of Surrealism.