Tzara (Tristan) manuscripts from the collection of René Gaffé

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Tzara (Tristan) manuscripts from the collection of René Gaffé

2021.M.8

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Manuscripts

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Front cover 2021.M.8-fc

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Front pastedown endpaper 2021.M.8-fpe

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Front free endpaper 2021.M.8-fe

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Recto 2021.M.8-fe_r

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Verso 2021.M.8-fe_v

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Auction tear sheet 2021.M.8-sh1

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Sheet with stamp 2021.M.8-sh2

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Blank leaf 2021.M.8-bl1

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Blank leaf 2021.M.8-bl2

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Blank leaf 2021.M.8-bl3

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Envelope addressed to René Gaffé, 2021.M.8-item1 1931 February 23

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Blue envelope postmarked and addressed to René Gaffé at 2bis rue Crespel, Bruxelles. The address listed for the sender, Paul Éluard [i.e. Eugène Émile Paul Grindel], is 42 rue Fontaine in Paris, the building where André Breton had his apartment and where the Éluards lived for a period. Breton and Éluard wrote L'Immaculée Conception at 42 rue Fontaine.

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Recto

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Verso

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Card from Tristan Tzara to Paul Éluard, 2021.M.8-item2 1921 September 22

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Card with two photographs pasted on its recto, one of which is a portrait of Tzara. In the message addressed to Paul Éluard on the verso of the card, Tzara mentions Max Ernst and sends greetings to Gola Éluard.

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Recto

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Verso

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Letter, 2021.M.8-item3 undated

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Letter in several hands by Tristan Tzara, Philippe Soupault, G. R. D. [i.e. Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes] and R. H. [i.e. Raoul Haussman?]. With note "Breton refuse de signer / cette lettre. Il dit que c'est / une cochonnnnnnnnnerie." Letter addressed to Paul Éluard?

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Draft of Les ciseaux des façons d'agir, 2021.M.8-item4 undated

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No. XXX from Monsieur AA l'antiphilosophe in L'antitête. See Œuvres complètes, II, 301.

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Draft of Filatures de jonques, 2021.M.8-item5 undated

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No. XXXI from Monsieur AA l'antiphilosophe in L'antitête. See Œuvres complètes, II, 302.

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Draft of Les battements de narines and Le nain dans son cornet, 2021.M.8-item6 undated

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No. XXXVII and XXIII from Monsieur AA l'antiphilosophe in L'antitête. See Œuvres complètes, II, 310 and 292.

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Manuscript "L'équilibriste minuscule au fond de ma chambre…," 2021.M.8-item7 undated

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No. II from Minuits pour géants in L'antitête. See Œuvres complètes, II, 327. On paper with letterhead of the Foreign Press Service Incorporated, New York.

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Draft of La deuxième aventure céleste de monsieur Antipyrine, 2021.M.8-item8 undated

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See Œuvres complètes, I, 143 - 147. "Monsieur Absorption" is given here as "Ouate." Text on tracing paper with drawings by Tzara on recto and verso, including caricatures and portrait heads in the margins of the recto.

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Draft of poems Crimes, 2021.M.8-item9 undated

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See Œuvres complètes, I, 210-215. With section headings: Crime distingué; Crime long; Crime portatif (annotated in pencil as Crime sportif); Crime garanti (instead of Crime solennel in the published version) and Crime Pilau (see text Crime à voir clair in the published version).

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Draft of Je sors de mon appartement somptueux, 2021.M.8-item10 undated

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From De nos oiseaux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 216.

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Draft of Longue vue fertile, 2021.M.8-item11 undated

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Text of Longue-vue in De nos oiseaux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 196.

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Draft of Sur une ride du soleil, 2021.M.8-item12 undated

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From De nos oiseaux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 238-239. On paper with letterhead of the Foreign Press Service Incorporated, New York.

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Draft of Eau sauvage, 2021.M.8-item13 undated

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From De nos oiseaux (1923). See Œuvres complètes, I, 200. In upper right, in pencil: La dernière strophe a été écrite chez la baronne d'Oettingen lors d'un concours de poèmes érotiques où ont participé Éluard, Soupault et quelques autres. T. T.

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Typescript "Le cyclone a mis le crochet dans l'œil du bossu…," 2021.M.8-item14 undated

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No. III from Minuits pour géants in L'Antitête. See Œuvres complètes, II, 328.

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Typescript "Au dessus du nid de camphre...," 2021.M.8-item15 undated

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Manuscript "L'opulence de quelques vacances…," 2021.M.8-item16 undated

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Includes drafts from Minuits pour géants in L'Antitête See Œuvres complètes, II, 329-331. Drafts on sixteen leaves of paper with letterhead of MoUvEmEnT DADA Berlin, Genève, Madrid, New York, Zürich, Paris.

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Manuscript "C'est la peur d'une rupture prématurée...," 2021.M.8-item17 undated

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Draft of Le cœur dans le cœur, 2021.M.8-item18 undated

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First section of Le cœur dans le cœur in Faites vos jeux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 244 - 245. On paper with letterhead of the Foreign Press Service Incorporated, New York.

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Draft of Le cœur sur la main, 2021.M.8-item19 undated

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In Faites vos jeux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 253.

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Notebook, 2021.M.8-item20 undated

Scope and Contents

1 notebook (20 leaves). Includes pen-and-ink drawings, pencil sketches, sections of text from Le cinéma calendrier du cœur abstrait (see Œuvres complètes, I, 125, 126, 133, 135) and sections from De nos oiseaux. See Œuvres complètes, I, 201.

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Back of envelope, 2021.M.8-item21 undated

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Spine

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Slipcase

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