Oscar DOMINGUEZ creates an etching for Georges Hugnet. 1935.

Oscar Dominguez (1905.1957)

Autograph letter signed to Georges Hugnet.

Written on three postcards representing the Güell park.

Barcelona. 1 ^, 1935. Autograph envelope.

Oscar DOMINGUEZ

Moving Missive of Oscar Dominguez, lonely in Barcelona at the dawn of the Spanish civil war, confirming to his surrealist friend his agreement for the realization of a etching. This will illustrate the work of Hugnet, La Mampe de l'Imaginaire , published the following year at the Guy Lévis Mano edition.

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“Dear Georges, I received with great pleasure from your news, and your magnificent collage. I hasten to answer you to tell you that I am willing to make you the etching that you ask me , but I do not guarantee you a satisfactory result because it will be the first that I will do.

In the cards, you could see a nice appearance of a Barcelona park made for Gaudi. I find it very interesting, here we find everywhere funny things and it makes me pass the time quite well. Despite all this I want to arrive in Paris to find you all. I find myself here quite alone and I do not know anyone of ours.

The political question arises in an aspect very difficult to realize exactly [ment], but in any case the Spanish worker is something great. There are great very powerful enemies. The [?] And the royalists who are unfortunately very strong. Despite everything I still hope of Spain a very close and very important revolution. I am sure that if you come one day it will please a lot, especially in the architectural and poetic aspect. I await the documents to start your etching.

My most sincere friendships in Germaine and all the comrades. With Oscar's absolute friendship. »»

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For easier reading, we have corrected Dominguez syntax errors.