287 - Silver-plated bronze glove similar to the one Lise DEHARME gave to André BRETON (1896–1966) for the illustration of *NADJA*

Silver-plated bronze glove similar to the one Lise DEHARME gave to André BRETON (1896–1966) for the illustration of *NADJA* Silver-plated bronze sculpture (shows signs of wear) Approx. L 20.5 x D 9.5 cm PROVENANCE: - Collection of the late Mrs. Laure LOMBARDINI, former employee of Madeleine CASTAING - Private collection, Normandy NOTE: The Atelier André BRETON-Paris association has kindly informed us that there are four known examples of the Nadja glove: - The one that belonged to André BRETON, sold in 2003 at the Hôtel Drouot as part of the André BRETON collection (André BRETON, 42 rue Fontaine), and acquired by the BIBLIOTHEQUE LITTERAIRE JACQUES DOUCET - PARIS. - The one that belonged to Arturo SCHWARZ (1924–2021), a renowned art historian and gallery owner from Milan, specializing in Dadaism and Surrealism. His copy was published in *Dada e surrealismo riscoperti* in 2009 by Skira, then donated to the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF THE CITY OF ROME, along with a large part of his collection. - The one that belonged to Alan GLASS (born in 1932), a renowned artist who was part of André BRETON’s circle after the war; he found it at a flea market in Mexico City and donated it to the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF THE CITY OF PARIS. It is currently incorporated into an assemblage that forms a sculpture housed at the MUSÉE D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARIS. - The one that belonged to Madeleine CASTAING (1894–1992), a famous antique dealer and interior designer who, along with her husband—a prominent art critic— a friend of the Montparnasse artists, including Pablo PICASSO, Erik SATIE, Jean COCTEAU, Blaise CENDRARS, and others—and later donated by Didier GRUMBACH, President of the French Federation of Couture, of Ready-to-Wear by Couturiers and Fashion Designers, to Andrée PUTMAN, and sold by the Christophe JORON-DEREM auction house on June 28, 2013, at Drouot. We would like to thank Mr. Guillaume de SEYNES and Ms. Marie-Amélie THARAUD, Director of Heritage Collections at HERMÈS, for locating in their archives a sign featuring a similar silver-plated bronze glove model used to promote HERMÈS gloves. Our silver-plated bronze example is similar to the patinated bronze one given by Lise DEHARME to André BRETON, which was sold at the Hôtel Drouot in 2003 as lot no. 3189 during the André BRETON sale (André BRETON, 42 rue Fontaine), and listed in the catalogs of numerous exhibitions. EXHIBITIONS: - André BRETON, La beauté compulsive, Centre Georges POMPIDOU—Paris, 1991, reproduced on p. 227 of the catalog, related work - *El objeto surrealista*, Centro Julio Gonzáles—Valencia, 1997, reproduced on p. 33 of the catalog, related work - *La révolution surréaliste*, Centre Georges Pompidou—Paris, 2002, reproduced on p. 441 of the catalog, related work - *Surrealism—1914/1944*, Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen—Düsseldorf, 2002, reproduced on p. 463 of the catalog, related work - *Dada and Surrealism Rediscovered*, Complesso Monumentale del Vittoriano—Rome, 2009–2010, reproduced on p. 234 of the catalog, related work All of this information was kindly provided by: Association Atelier André BRETON www.andrebreton.fr