Antonin ARTAUD and the female face of a character from the Marquis de SADE. 

Antonin ARTAUD (1896-1948)

Autograph letter card signed to André Rolland de Renéville.

One page in-12°. Address on the back and postmarks.

Slnd. [Paris. March 10, 1933 according to the stamp]

“…a very pretty person in whom I find the face of a female character from the Marquis de Sade. »

Artaud wishes to introduce “a very pretty person” to his poet friend.

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“Dear friend, let’s meet at the Coupole around 6 a.m. tomorrow Monday. I will introduce you to a very pretty person in whom I find the head of a female character from the Marquis de Sade. Dazzle her. She's not mine. To you Artaud. »

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Co-founder, with René Daumal and Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, of the magazine Le Grand Jeu , André Rolland de Renéville (1903-1962), attracted the attention of the surrealist group through the publication of his essay Rimbaud the Seer .

Condemned for the position he took against Aragon during the “Aragon affair” at the beginning of 1932, he continued his poetic trajectory on the sidelines, remaining a regular correspondent of Antonin Artaud.