Robert Valançay correspondence, 1920-1985 (bulk 1930-1949).

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Robert Valançay correspondence, 1920-1985 (bulk 1930-1949).

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A collection of ca. 1600 letters received by Surrealist writer and translator Robert Valançay. Among the notable correspondents are Surrealist and Dada artists and poets: Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Raoul Hausmann, Richard Huelsenbeck, Georges Hugnet, Pierre de Massot, Ozenfant, Meret Oppenheim, Henri Parisot, Yves Poupard-Lieussou, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Yves Tanguy, and Jacques Villon. The letters' subjects range over themes such as: routine details of publication, artistic life in occupied Paris, the internal rivalries within the Surrealist movement, and the history of Surrealism. Letters from the poets Charles Théophile Féret, Charles Boulen, Fernand Fleuret and Napoléon Roinard are concerned with the promotion of Norman literature. More than 60 letters from Valançay's teacher Maurice Boucher provide information about Valançay's development as a translator. 12 letters from Valançay to various correspondents are part of the archive. Also included are: printed ephemera, ca. 50 photographs by members of the Surrealist group and various writings by Valançay. The writings document his work as a translator, including examples, and his work on Apollinaire.

3 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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Bellmer, Hans, 1902-1975

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Parisot, Henri.

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Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955

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Massot, Pierre de

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Valançay, Robert.

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Surrealist writer and translator Robert Valançay was born 1903, died 1984. From the description of Robert Valançay correspondence, 1920-1985 (bulk 1930-1949). (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82264991 ...

Arp, Jean, 1887-1966

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French artist and poet. From the description of Letters, 1942-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093273 ...

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 ...

Man Ray, 1890-1976

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Photographer. Halpert was director of the Downtown Gallery, New York, N.Y. and a friend of director of museum director, James W. Foster. From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744432180 From the description of Photograph of Edith Halpert, [ca. 1930]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455038 Biographical/Historical Note American-born photographer, painter, a...

Hausmann, Raoul, 1886-1971

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Austrian artist (1886-1971), one of the founders of the Dada movement; active in Berlin 1912-1933; settled in France 1938-1971. From the description of Raoul Hausmann correspondence, 1909-1971 (bulk 1960s) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79720742 Biographical/Historical Note 1886: Born on June 12th in Wein; trains with his father Viktor Hausmann, an academic painter. 1900: Moves with his parent...

Richter, Hans, 1888-1976

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German-born avant-garde artist and filmmaker. From the description of Hans Richter archive, 1916-1977. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122594159 German painter and film-maker, who emigrated in 1931. He lived and worked first in the Soviet Union, then France and Switzerland before settling in the U.S. in 1941, where he taught from 1942-1956 at the Institute of Film Technique, New York City College. In 1958 he returned to Switzerland where he died. ...

Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974

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German poet, closely involved with the Zürich Dada movement, Huelsenbeck introduced Dada to Berlin and edited several important Dada journals. From the description of Richard Huelsenbeck papers, 1910-1978. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78263944 One of the original founders of the Dada movement in Zurich. As a writer, he was associated with the Dadaists in Zurich and Berlin. He was living in Germany in 1933 when Hitler rose to power and immigrated to the Un...

Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966

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French painter, writer and teacher, Ozenfant opened painting schools in Paris (1924 and 1932), London (1938), Cannes (1939) and New York (1939). In 1953 he was investigated by McCarthy and dismissed. He returned to France, where he was renaturalized. From the description of Letter to Prade, 1933 Nov. 27. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80589467 The French painter Ozenfant was also an author and a professor. He founded the art review L'esprit nouveau (1920-192...

Ernst, Max, 1891-1976

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German-French Surrealist painter. From the description of Letter : Sedona, to Alfred Barr, 1947 Nov. 19. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77955633 Max Ernst (1891-1976) was a painter and sculptor, from New York, N.Y. From the description of Max and Dorothea Ernst letters concerning Max Ernst's American citizenship status, [ca. 1957]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122403886 German painter. From the description of Letter, ca. 19...

Éluard, Paul, 1895-1952

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Oppenheim, Meret, 1913-1985

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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...

Poupard-Lieussou, Y. (Yves)

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French scholar of Dada and Surrealism, vice president of the Association pour l'étude de Dada et du Surréalisme. Poupard's diligent efforts to gather data for reconstructing the history of Dada movement all over Europe and in America established him as a virtual center of information exchange, the new data being imparted to his numerous correspondents. From the description of Correspondence and collected papers on Dada and Surrealism, 1905-1984 (bulk 1956-1979). (Getty Research Ins...