André Breton and the reproduction of the "Manifesto of Surrealism".

André Breton (1896.1966).

Autographed letter signed.

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.