ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) MATTA. MANUSCRIT AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉ. Percé [Québec],...

ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) MATTA. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED. Percé [Quebec], August 14, 1944, 3 pages in-4 in ink. First draft manuscript with numerous erasures and corrections written in Percé, Canada, dedicated to the surrealist painter Matta. The pearl is spoiled in my eyes by its market value which makes profession to plunge in its research, as well in the art, shows itself to the day more and more stupid, gnaws quickly of a dry cough, I think of the attitude of a Valery in front of the life, so fine at the same time as so stingy all rubbed of a small nihilistic laughter' ... The work of Matta lends to a certain point retrograde to the activity known as "paranoid-critical" that allows to apprehend only anecdotal aspects all of silhouette and that we saw of remainder with Dali, degenerate in obsession of guesses. Matta carries the disintegration of the external aspects much further, it is that for who knows how to see, all these aspects are open, constantly ready to merge that in this fusion alone is forged a key that is the only master key of the life'... Published in the 1965 edition of Surrealism and Painting. This text was published as a preface to the catalog of the Matta exhibition at the Drouin Gallery in 1947. MATTA. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, SIGNED. Percé [Quebec], 14 August 1944, 3 pp. ink on paper, 4to. First draft manuscript with numerous erasures and corrections written in Percé, Canada, about the surrealist painter Matta. The pearl is spoiled in my eyes by its market value, which makes it a profession to dive in search of it, as well as in art, shows itself more and more stupid every day, quickly gnawing at itself with a dry cough, I think of the attitude of a Valery in front of life, so fine at the same time as so stingy, all rubbed with a little nihilistic laughter'... Matta's work lends itself to a certain degree to the so-called "paranoid-critical" activity that only allows us to apprehend anecdotal aspects in silhouette and that we have seen with Dali, degenerate into an obsession with guessing. Matta takes the disintegration of external aspects much further, because for those who know how to see, all these aspects are open, constantly ready to merge, and in this merger alone a key is forged which is the only master key to life... Published in the 1965 edition of Surrealism and Painting. This text was published as a preface to the catalog of the Matta exhibition at the Drouin Gallery in 1947. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com