Autographs - Letter BRETON (André) Autograph letter and 2 postcards from André BRETON, letter dated May 20, 1965 on letterhead of a surrealist drawing, postcards dated October 8, 1956 and June 20, 1965 sent from Saint Circq La Popie. All addressed to Mr. Gérard LEGRAND. Autograph letter, 2 pages in blue ink, A4 format; the 2 postcards with their envelopes. Gérard LEGRAND (1927-1999), poet and essayist, faithful to the end to Breton, to whom he resembled like a son. He dedicated an important essay to Breton ten years after his death.

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