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Vaux, Marc, 1932-. Surréalisme révolutionnaire collection, 1943-1949.

Title

Surréalisme révolutionnaire collection, 1943-1949.

Abstract

Collection of corrrespondence, manuscripts, printed materials, artwork, and photographs relating to "Le surréalisme révolutionnaire" movement of the late 1940s. The collection includes original letters, meeting minutes, tracts, lectures, drawings, and financial and other records from the collections of Noël Arnaud and Marcel Mariën documenting the efforts of artists and writers in Belgium, France, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia to reinvigorate the Surrealism movement started in the 1920s. The bulk of the material in the collection represents work by individuals affiliated with the Groupe surréaliste-révolutionnaire de Belgique and Groupe surréaliste-révolutionnaire en France, including Yves Battistini, Paul Bourgoignie, Christian Dotremont, Edouard Jaguer, Asger Jorn, René Magritte, René Passeron, and others. Printed materials include posters, clippings, and issues of the journals Les deux soeur, founded by Dotremont, and Le surrealisme révolutionnaire, published by the Bureau international du surréalisme révolutionnaire. There are also original drawings by Noël Arnaud and black-and-white photographs by Marc Vaux and Studio Yves Hervochon of artwork by Francis Bott, Jacques Doucet, Henri Goetz, Josef Istler, and Pierre Soulages.

Extent

2.92 linear feet (5 boxes)