BRETON André. - Lot 82

BRETON André. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED to {Maurice MARTIN DU GARD]. Paris, April 16, 1920. One page in-4 on superb Dada letterhead. Autograph letter addressed to Maurice Martin du Gard, editor-in-chief of the journal "Écrits Nouveaux" ... Busy from morning to night with the NRF, I am unable to pay you the promised visit. Will you excuse me? I'd be extremely grateful if you'd let me know if you publish my letter and in which issue of Écrits Nouveaux; I'm also counting on your kindness to let me have the proofs... André Breton gives his address as 9 place du Panthéon, Paris. This is the Hôtel des Grands Hommes where Les Champs magnétiques was written in collaboration with Philippe Soupault. Autograph note from the addressee on verso.