Set of page proofs with autograph manuscript corrections for Breton's poem Fata Morgana, including illustrations by Wifredo Lam (25 pages). Accompanied by page proofs of an English translation of the work by Clark Mills with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand (20 pages).
Description:
André Breton, French writer and poet, was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. and Purchased from Pierre Berès, on the Plain Fund, 1942.
Subject (Name):
Breton, André, 1896-1966
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century and French literature--20th century
Set of page proofs with autograph manuscript corrections for Breton's poem Fata Morgana, including illustrations by Wifredo Lam (25 pages). Accompanied by page proofs of an English translation of the work by Clark Mills with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand (20 pages).
Description:
André Breton, French writer and poet, was one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. and Purchased from Pierre Berès, on the Plain Fund, 1942.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century and French literature--20th century
Reynaldo Hahn letters to René Peter and related papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
5
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Circa 200 autograph letters, signed, from Hahn to Peter, 1899-1947 and undated (Boxes 1-2), concerning their friendship, Hahn's music and music of others, and Peter's writings, and referring to Claude Debussy, André Messager, and other musicians and authors. Many letters are written as poems. Also present are single letters from Hahn to Gabriel Monod, 1898, and to Hahn from Georges Feydeau and Jeanne Granier, undated. and Related papers (Box 2), consist of additional poems by Hahn, typescript, 1946 and undated; a Proust questionnaire, printed, completed in holograph by Hahn, 1900 December; a scenario for a film titled Découvertes, by Hahn and Peter, typescript with corrections, undated; and a photograph of Peter, annotated by Hahn, undated.
Description:
Purchased from Les Autographes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2008., René Peter, French author and son-in-law of André Messager., and Reynaldo Hahn, French composer, conductor, and author.
Two drafts of Chopin's Le dernier roman du monde (Editions Cyanuur, 1970). One draft, typescript, typescript carbon, and autograph manuscript, corrected. Second draft, typescript, corrected, includes leaves of concrete poetry not present in the other draft. Accompanied by a printed volume of the work.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century--Archives and Concrete poetry, French
Two drafts of Chopin's Le dernier roman du monde (Editions Cyanuur, 1970). One draft, typescript, typescript carbon, and autograph manuscript, corrected. Second draft, typescript, corrected, includes leaves of concrete poetry not present in the other draft. Accompanied by a printed volume of the work.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century--Archives and Concrete poetry, French