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live November 27 | 01:30 PM
Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés

154 - André BRETON

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€500 - 600

Sale fees

28.8%

André BRETON Set of 8 paperback volumes, including one with an autographed dedication by the author. - Légitime défense. Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, September 1926. In-12, paperback. First edition. - Position politique du surréalisme. Paris, Éditions du Sagittaire, 1935. In-12, paperback. First edition. Dedicated to Gabriel Brunet. Tears in the cover with no missing material; restored. - Trajectories of the Dream. Paris, G.L.M., 1938. 12mo. First edition of these documents compiled by André Breton, illustrated by René Magritte, Max Ernst, Jacqueline Breton, Kurt Seligmann, etc. One of 300 copies on bibliophile vellum (no. 178). - *Nadja*. Paris, Gallimard, 1945. In-12. - *The Situation of Surrealism Between the Two Wars*. Paris, Algiers, Éditions de la Revue Fontaine, 1945. In-8. - Jean-Louis BÉDOUIN. André Breton. Paris, Seghers, 1950. First edition, from the *Poètes d’aujourd’hui* collection. One of 100 copies on Alfamarais paper, the only large-format paper used, with a few uncommercial copies (no. 26). - Paul ELUARD. Poetry and Truth 1942. Paris, Éditions de La main à la plume, April 3 [September] 1942. In-16. First edition, containing the first publication of the famous poem “Liberté.” - Jacques VACHÉ. *Lettres de guerre…* followed by a short story. Preceded by four prefaces by André Breton. Paris, K Éditions, 1949. In-8.

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Auction details

20th-Century Art—including the Catherine and Raymond M. Collection
Friday, November 27
01:30 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés +33 1 47 70 40 00 contact@beaussantlefevre.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 120,000 lots published

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