BRETON André (1896-1966).

BRETON André (1896 - 1966)
MANUSCRIT autograph signed "ANDRÉ BRETON", LES ÉTATS GÉNÉRAUX, 1943| title and 6 leaves in-4 (21.5 x 27.9 cm) written on the front, all mounted on tabs, and bound: midnight blue morocco spine à la Bradel bearing the title in large white oeser letters, and the author's name, place and date in gilt letters, transparent plexiglass boards, painted on the first with a vertical gradient band of sky-blue on the inner edge and, on the second, laminated with a card of the same plain hue, lined slipcase (Mercher, 1966).
One of Breton's great poems with rubbings, in an original plastic layout.
This large poem is dated on the title page "New York October 1943"| this title page, on heavy wove paper, bears the author's name and the place and date in ink, and the title in blue pencil block letter rubbings. The poem is carefully written in black ink on 6 numbered sheets in pencil, with a rubbing of capital letters in different colors (green, purple, black, black, orange, black) on each page, forming the sentence, like a counterpoint that runs through the poem: "IL y AuRA /
TOujOuRS / a peel / in the wind / in the sands / of the dream". The manuscript has a single correction and an interlinear addition on page 6.
The great poem Les États Généraux was published in the collection Poèmes (Paris, N.R.F., 1948)| the sentence formed by the rubbings is printed in italics.
Staying with his friends Jacqueline and David Hare on Long Island, in the company of Charles Duits, Breton composed Les États Généraux as a prayer or an act of faith in the star that lights up the world, Esclarmonde: "Once and for all, poetry must re-emerge from the ruins /
In the finery and glory of Esclarmonde"...
Binding in perfect harmony with the handwritten poem by Breton.