Letter : Mexico D.F., to Pierre Mabille, Fort-de-France, [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945].

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Letter : Mexico D.F., to Pierre Mabille, Fort-de-France, [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945].

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One page letter from Wolfgang Paalen in Mexico D.F. answering Pierre Mabille's letter sent from Fort-de-France (Martinique), where the latter had come from Paris after being banished from his medical and intellectual career by the Vichy government. Paalen explains how difficult it is to get entry visas for Mexico, which does not accept Europeans anymore. It would take a special permit signed by the prime minister in order to obtain visas for Mabille, André Breton and their wives. Paalen suggests that they first try Haïti or some South American port. He also cautiously informs Mabille that the country is still the best place left for living, but there is no intellectual life there. Post scriptum: "Censorship opened your letter".

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Mabille, Pierre

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Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-1959

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Wolfgang Paalen (Vienna, 1905/1907 - Mexico City, 1959), Austrian painter and writer associated primarily with Surrealism and the Dynatones group. At the beginning of World War II he settled in Mexico, where he introduced the surrealism in painting. He took his own life in Mexico City. From the description of Letter : Mexico D.F., to Pierre Mabille, Fort-de-France, [ca. 1940 - ca. 1945]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78735730 ...

Breton, André, 1896-1966

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French surrealist poet. From the description of Letter, 1954. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83290392 French writer and one of the founder of surrealism. From the description of Letter, 1955 Feb. 10. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79306565 ...