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André Breton and VVV

I Saluted at Six Paces Commander Lefebvre des Noettes

1941-1942

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I Saluted at Six Paces Commander Lefebvre des Noettes

André Breton and VVV

I Saluted at Six Paces Commander Lefebvre des Noettes

I Saluted at Six Paces Commander Lefebvre des Noettes

1941-1942

Physical Qualities Collage of color lithograph postcard, colored thread, sequins, brush and silver ink, pen and black ink on green paper, Sheet: 458 x 356 mm. (18 1/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.12.758.1
Miss Etta Cone, Baltimore
Sawin, Martica; Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School, MIT Press, c. 1995, pp. 190-193. Illust. Breton, Carrington, Motherwell. Kaplan, Gilbert (ed.); Surrealist Prints, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; c. 1997 Atlantis, p.96. Lippard, Lucy R.(ed.); Surrealists on Art; Prentice Hall, Inc. Englewood Cliffs NJ, c. 1970.

Inscribed: upper center in ink: "J'Ai SALUE A SiX PAS/ LE COMMANDANT LEBREVRE DES NOETTES"; right center in ink: "LA VIE"; left center in ink:: "BRAVATI LE HIBOU/ TOUJOURS CLOVE"; lower right in ink: "ET SE PEPARFUMAIT LA TABLE MAGIQUE"; lower right in ink: "André Breton"

Artist

André Breton

1895–1965

French, 1896-1966
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Publisher

VVV

2000–2000

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