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An anti-Masonic play.
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40,000 - 50,000 EUR
BRETON ANDRÉ (1896 - 1966), ARAGON LOUIS (1897 - 1982)
The Treasure of the Jesuits, surrealist piece in three acts and a prologue, autograph manuscript, typescript with numerous corrections and 2 photographs by Man Ray
S.l., circa 1928, 50 pages in-4. Each sheet is mounted on tabs and the whole bound in a volume at the time, Bradel, white half-vellum with strips, black paper dusted with gold in the center of the dishes, golden title in Chinese on smooth back, linings and paper guards.
Autograph manuscript written jointly by André Breton and Louis Aragon, 26 pages in-4 in black ink encrypted from 1 to 22, containing 6 laminated documents including 4 photographic illustrations taken from newspapers. In some pages the writings of Louis
Aragon and André Breton are mixed.
The highly corrected manuscript includes a scene sketch by the hand of André Breton.
The 24-page in-4 typescript includes over a hundred corrections by the two authors, including a fully crossed out page and a half-page handwritten addition. Blue pencil directions for printing Breton's hand. At the beginning of the manuscript were laminated two photographic reproductions from the publication of the piece in the review "Varieties" one representing the actress Musidora in her famous black tights, the other the cover of the program of the Judex gala made by Man Ray.
Many variants remained unpublished the play was published for the first time in the special number of "Varieties: Surrealism in 1929", June 1929, p. 47 to 61.
This play was to be performed on December 1, 1928 at the Judex gala to help the widow of the actor who played this role on screen. The actress Musidora was to play the role of Mad Souri. The writing of the play based mainly on news stories from newspapers is a surrealist collage. Numerous references and citations, particularly to crime films with episodes from the beginnings of silent cinema.
The Jesuit Treasure was only played once in 1935 in Prague, in a production by Jindrich Honzl with scenery by Jindrich Styrsky at the Nové Divadlo (New Theater).
We enclose 2 original photographs of Man Ray representing the two authors: 1 / Famous portrait of André Breton, vintage silver print dated 1923 and signed on the front by Man Ray. Stamp of the photographer on the back: "Man Ray 31 bis rue Campagne Première, Paris". 24 x 18 cm. Despite some slight stains, nice print.
2 / Beautiful portrait of Louis Aragon, vintage silver print by Man
Ray bearing on the back of Paul Éluard's hand "around 1927". Stamp on the back of Man Ray from rue Campagne Première. 22.5 x 16.5 cm.
(Slight crease, slight snag and some paper shortages at the bottom of the photograph).
REFERENCES
Pléiade Breton, tome 1, pp 994-1 014, notice 1 743 where this manuscript is mentioned; Aragon Poetic work, 1927-1929, volume 4, book Club Diderot, 1974 pp 337-374, This manuscript belonged to Paul Éluard, it bears his famous ex-libris drawn by Max Ernst After me sleep.
Exceptional and unique set of this surreal piece written by two hands by Louis Aragon and André Breton.
BRETON ANDRÉ (1896 - 1966), ARAGON LOUIS (1897 - 1982)
The Treasure of the Jesuits, surrealist piece in three acts and a prologue, autograph manuscript, typescript with numerous corrections and 2 photographs by Man Ray
S.l., circa 1928, 50 pages in-4. Each sheet is mounted on tabs and the whole bound in a volume at the time, Bradel, white half-vellum with strips, black paper dusted with gold in the center of the dishes, golden title in Chinese on smooth back, linings and paper guards.
Autograph manuscript written jointly by André Breton and Louis Aragon, 26 pages in-4 in black ink encrypted from 1 to 22, containing 6 laminated documents including 4 photographic illustrations taken from newspapers. In some pages the writings of Louis
Aragon and André Breton are mixed.
The highly corrected manuscript includes a scene sketch by the hand of André Breton.
The 24-page in-4 typescript includes over a hundred corrections by the two authors, including a fully crossed out page and a half-page handwritten addition. Blue pencil directions for printing Breton's hand. At the beginning of the manuscript were laminated two photographic reproductions from the publication of the piece in the review "Varieties" one representing the actress Musidora in her famous black tights, the other the cover of the program of the Judex gala made by Man Ray.
Many variants remained unpublished the play was published for the first time in the special number of "Varieties: Surrealism in 1929", June 1929, p. 47 to 61.
This play was to be performed on December 1, 1928 at the Judex gala to help the widow of the actor who played this role on screen. The actress Musidora was to play the role of Mad Souri. The writing of the play based mainly on news stories from newspapers is a surrealist collage. Numerous references and citations, particularly to crime films with episodes from the beginnings of silent cinema.
The Jesuit Treasure was only played once in 1935 in Prague, in a production by Jindrich Honzl with scenery by Jindrich Styrsky at the Nové Divadlo (New Theater).
We enclose 2 original photographs of Man Ray representing the two authors: 1 / Famous portrait of André Breton, vintage silver print dated 1923 and signed on the front by Man Ray. Stamp of the photographer on the back: "Man Ray 31 bis rue Campagne Première, Paris". 24 x 18 cm. Despite some slight stains, nice print.
2 / Beautiful portrait of Louis Aragon, vintage silver print by Man
Ray bearing on the back of Paul Éluard's hand "around 1927". Stamp on the back of Man Ray from rue Campagne Première. 22.5 x 16.5 cm.
(Slight crease, slight snag and some paper shortages at the bottom of the photograph).
REFERENCES
Pléiade Breton, tome 1, pp 994-1 014, notice 1 743 where this manuscript is mentioned; Aragon Poetic work, 1927-1929, volume 4, book Club Diderot, 1974 pp 337-374, This manuscript belonged to Paul Éluard, it bears his famous ex-libris drawn by Max Ernst After me sleep.
Exceptional and unique set of this surreal piece written by two hands by Louis Aragon and André Breton.