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Contains 7 Results:

Letter to André Breton from Czechoslovakian Surrealists; 13p, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Letter sent March 17, 1938 from Bohuslav Brouk, Konstantin Biebl, Jindrich Styrsky, Karel Teige, and (Marie) Toyen. Regarding Vitezslav Nezval leaving the Czechoslovakian Surrealist group. 8pp letter with 5pp of Czech newspaper clipping and French translations.

Dates: 1938
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence, Breton/Czechoslovakian Surrealists

Letter to André Breton from Czechoslovakian Surrealists; 11p, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Letter sent March 23, 1938 from Bohuslav Brouk, Konstantin Biebl, Jindrich Styrsky, Karel Teige, and (Marie) Toyen. Regarding Vitezslav Nezval leaving the Czechoslovakian Surrealist group. 5pp letter with 6pp of Czech newspaper clipping and French translations.

Dates: 1938
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence, Breton/Czechoslovakian Surrealists

Two letters to André Breton? and one letter to another Surrealist leader? from Karel Teige; 3p, 2p, 2p, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents This folder includes: One letter; March 24, 1938;3pp One letter; April 4, 1938; 2pp One letter; May 3, 1938; 2ppLetters deal with political and artistic situation in Czechoslovakia; tension between communisim and the Third Reich; also treats Nezval's departure from the Prague Surrealists.The May letter mentions, "vous et Breton," so this is addressed to someone other than him. The April letter mentions an upcoming trip to Mexico, which Breton did make in 1938, so...
Dates: 1938
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence, Breton/Czechoslovakian Surrealists

Letter to Benjamin Peret from Vítězslav Nezval, 1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
Scope and Contents

This folder includes: One letter; May 10, 1938 Regarding Nezval's break from the Prague Surrealists; Andre Breton; Karel Teige. From Prague

Dates: 1938
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence and Manuscripts, Nezval/Peret

"Pluriel de la femme," poem manuscript/typescript, by Vítězslav Nezval, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

This folder includes: 2 pages typewritten with heavy annotations and rewriting. Most annotations by Benjamin Peret. In French. Not dated, but most likely from between 1934-1938, when Nezval had a relationship with Breton.

Dates: undated
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence and Manuscripts, Nezval/Peret

Benjamin Peret manuscript, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection fills one half-size box and spans the years of 1938-1960. The material includes correspondence and poetry manuscripts and typescripts. All material is in French, except a number of newspaper clippings in Czech. There are 2 letters from Czechoslovakian Surrealists regarding Vítězslav Nezval's break from the group, including clippings from Czech newspapers of articles and poems, with French translations. A series of three letters from Karel Teige follows—apparently two to...
Dates: undated
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence and Manuscripts, Nezval/Peret

Three letters re: 1960 Surrealist exhibit at D'Arcy Galleries in New York, NY. André Breton, Maurice Bonnefoy, and Raymond Cordier, From 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

This folder includes: One letter; 3pp.; May 5, 1960 One letter; 2pp.; August 1, 1960 One letter; 2pp.; August 11, 1960

Dates: From 1960
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / MS160, André Breton Collection / Correspondence, D'Arcy Galleries Exhibit