Artworks · André Breton

La Brèche

1963

volume : illustrations ; Height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Océanie : avant-propos et poèmes inédits

1948

[48] pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Martinique charmeuse de serpents

1948

111 pages : illustrations ; Height: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Surréalisme en 1947

1947 · Book with mixed media relief sculpture on cover with five lithographs in color, twelve lithographs in black, four etchings in black, one etching in color, and two woodcuts in black on ivory wove paper

H.: 24 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes (Poem object)

1942 · Postcard, paper, silver paint, silk thread and silver sequins on paper

support: 340 x 267 mm frame: 400 x 295 x 34 mm

Tate

Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on gray paper

18 x 14" (45.8 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

composition (irreg.): 8 5/16 x 8 7/16" (21.1 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 18 x 13 15/16" (45.7 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poem-Object

1941 · Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves, and paper mounted on drawing board

18 x 21 x 4 3/8" (45.8 x 53.2 x 10.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

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

39.4 × 30.4 × 3.7 cm (15 9/16 × 12 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exposition surréaliste d'objets

1936

6 pages ; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1935 · Decalcomania (ink transfer) on paper

10 x 12 3/4" (25.3 x 32.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exposición surrealista : abierta de 11 a 12 y de 5 a 9 todos los dias hasta su clausura el 21 de mayo

1935

24 pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ne visitez pas l'Exposition Coloniale

1931

1 sheet ; Height: 11 in. (28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of Joyce Mansour

1930 · ink on coated calendered paper (décalcomanie), three parts

Sheet: 22 x 9.6 cm (8 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

La Révolution surréaliste

1925

1 volume : illustrations ; Height: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Handwritten letter to Monsieur Maríchal

1918 · Ink on paper

10 5/8 × 8 1/8" (27 × 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Art of Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1751 · Letterpress in black on cream laid paper with later covers of tan paper; sheets removed from books

39.4 × 25.2 cm (15 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago