BRETON André - Lot 72

BRETON André BELVÉDÈRE. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED. October 21-25, 1962. 2 pages in-4. First draft autograph manuscript with numerous erasures and corrections, concerning the inspired and their dwellings. ...Artists deemed to be such have always dominated this problem, even if it means being completely wrong. They are part of a cohort that is not, at least, denied any right to exist, and even if some of them suffer incomprehension or misery, they soar above their fate, and whatever happens - suicide included - the appeal to posterity's judgment takes the place of an appeal for mercy... ...those who step forward here no less ingenuously defy aberration in the eyes of common sense. If only for their propensity for autism, which goes hand in hand with their concern to project onto the physical plane... ...We know that in the field of painting, this is the case of such self-taught geniuses as Henri Rousseau, Séraphine Louis and Morris Hirshfield, who are thus reminded of their subaltern conditions. Attached are 2 in-8 pages of André Breton's autograph notes on Belvédère, in ink and colored pencil. Provenance: André Breton sale no. 2509, in sale folder.