Surrealist ephemera, ca.1921-1969.

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Surrealist ephemera, ca.1921-1969.

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The collection includes two printed pamphlets of poems by Georges Hugnet with illustrations by Picasso and Miró, exhibition brochures with evocative reproductions, and parodic announcements of cultural events, such as a series of lectures on sexual practice, and a price list for Magritte paintings to be painted on demand. There is also a handwritten musical score by E.L.T. Mesens for a Jean Cocteau poem titled "Ouest," four photographs of the Parisian preview of Pablo Picasso's play Desire caught by the tail (1969); and a copy of Secsa: petite poétique de la pathomie de directoire (1956) by Théodore Koenig, annotated and signed by the author.

19 items (ca. 3.5 linear ft.)

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Cocteau, Jean

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Antonin Artaud -- French poet, essayist, actor and director -- was the leading playwright of the 'Theatre of Cruelty.' From the description of Le moine de M.G. Lewis raconté par Antonin Artaud [manuscript], ca. 1931 / Jean Cocteau. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318989605 French poet, novelist, playwright, and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Magritte, René, 1898-1967

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Belgian artist, one of the most prominent Surrealist painters. From the description of René Magritte correspondence with Paul Colinet, circa 1934-1959. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 681408858 Belgian painter. From the description of René Magritte papers, 1919-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79260647 From the description of Letters to Guy Rosey, 1963-1966. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79598148 ...

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973

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Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon...

Koenig, Théodore.

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Miró, Joan, 1893-1983

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Spanish painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Mallorca, to John Rewald, 1971 Dec. 26 and 1972 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871537 French painter. From the description of Aidez l'Espagne (poster), 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83814624 ...

Mesens, E. L. T. (Edouard Léon Théodore), 1903-1971.

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E.L.T. Mesens supported and promoted the work of surrealist artists and writers, especially those in Belgium and England. He admired the work of Magritte above all and was an early supporter and collector of his paintings. Mesens also wrote music, poetry, and criticism, and created drawings, paintings and collage. From the description of Papers of E. L. T. Mesens, 1917-1976, (bulk 1920-1971). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84394807 ...

Hugnet, Georges, 1906-1974

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French writer, poet and painter, expelled from the Surrealists in 1938, after a dispute with André Breton. From the description of Notes about André Breton, [not before 1947]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78996469 French poet and critic. From the description of Georges Hugnet Papers 1920-1971. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 85242177 Georges Hugnet, Fren...

Nougé, Paul.

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