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André Breton. Manifeste du surréalisme; Poisson soluble (Surrealist Manifesto; Soluble Fish)

André Breton

Manifeste du surréalisme; Poisson soluble (Surrealist Manifesto; Soluble Fish)

Published 1924; additional documents c. 1920–29; rebound 1931

Book with letterpress text, annotated by Breton. Rebound with additional manuscripts and one collage poem by Breton, folded to fit, and bespoke nickel silver binding by Bonet for René Gaffé

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Author André Breton
Medium Book with letterpress text, annotated by Breton. Rebound with additional manuscripts and one collage poem by Breton, folded to fit, and bespoke nickel silver binding by Bonet for René Gaffé
Dimensions pages (dimensions vary): from 7 1/16 × 4 5/16 in. (18 × 11 cm) to 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (35.2 × 25 cm); book (closed): 7 13/16 × 8 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (19.8 × 21.6 × 3.3 cm)
Publisher Éditions du Sagittaire, Paris [Simon Kra]
Printer L’Imprimerie Sainte-Catherine, Bruges
Fabricator Ferdinand Giraldon (rebinding), P. Boit, orfèvre (rebinding)
Edition 19. Ten numbered 1–10 on Lafuma paper; nine hors commerce lettered A–I. This copy no. 1
Credit Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Object number 449.2022
Department Drawings and Prints

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André Breton

André Breton

French, 1896–1966 33 works online

In 1924 André Breton declared, “Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dream, in the disinterested play of thought.

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