I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes (Poem object)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1942
- Dimensions
- support: 340 x 267 mm frame: 400 x 295 x 34 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Artist
- André Breton
Artist
Drawing
André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".
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1941 · Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves, and paper mounted on drawing board
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1937 · Collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box
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1935 · Decalcomania (ink transfer) on paper
Record
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- André Breton
- Year
- 1942
- Dimensions
- support: 340 x 267 mm frame: 400 x 295 x 34 mm
- Watts ID
- WW-1942-220049
Source
- Collection
- Tate
- Source
- tate
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified