''Minotaure'' was a

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-oriented magazine founded by

Albert Skira Albert Skira (1904–1973) was a Swiss art dealer, publisher and the founder of the Skira publishing house. The Skira publishing house, Editions d'Art Albert Skira Skira founded the eponymous publishing house in Lausanne in 1928, at various tim ...

and E. Tériade in Paris and published between 1933 and 1939. ''Minotaure'' published on the plastic arts, poetry, and literature, avant garde, as well as articles on esoteric and unusual aspects of literary and art history. Also included were psychoanalytical studies and artistic aspects of

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

and

ethnography Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

. It was a lavish and extravagant magazine by the standards of the 1930s, profusely illustrated with high quality reproductions of art, often in color.Suarez, Jillian (September 25, 2014).
Minotaure: Surrealist Magazine from the 1930s''. guggenheim.org
Accessed 15 October 2019Matteson, Richard L. (2008-2019
''Paris: The Heart of Surrealism 1924'' [From Documents of Dada and Surrealism: Dada and Surrealist Journals in the Mary Reynolds Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago
/nowiki>]: http://www.mattesonart.com/home.aspx. Accessed 15 October 2019Rubin, William S. (1968) Dada and Surrealist Art. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 525 pp.

History

The review was originally founded by E. Tériade (Stratis Eleftheriadis) and

with the desire to produce a lavish magazine on "The plastic arts - poetry - music - architecture - ethnography and mythology - theater - psychoanalytical studies and observations." Although not intended to be strictly a

surrealist Surrealism is a cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists depicted unnerving, illogical scenes and developed techniques to allow the unconscious mind to express itself. Its aim was, according to l ...

review,

had been associating with

André Breton André Robert Breton (; 19 February 1896 – 28 September 1966) was a French writer and poet, the co-founder, leader, and principal theorist of surrealism. His writings include the first ''Surrealist Manifesto'' (''Manifeste du surréalisme'') o ...

and others in the movement and invited their input, even before the first issue was published. Skira's only restriction for Breton was that he not use the review as a forum to advocate his political views. The original editor was E. Tériade, but that role was soon taken over by Skira, who formed an editorial committee that included

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

Paul Eluard Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

, Maurice Heine, and Pierre Mabille, giving it a heavy surrealist bias early on. E. Tériade remained involved as the artistic director for several years, but ultimately departed in December 1937, in part due to the ever-increasing surrealist direction of the review, which only left ''Minotaure'' under the even greater influence of André Breton and the surrealist. By 1939 André Breton had a falling out with Paul Eluard, and Eluard and Marcel Duchamp left the editorial committee as well. Breton had virtually taken over editorship of ''Minotaure'' by the 1939 issue, however his tenure was short lived with the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, an exodus of surrealist to the United States, and Albert Skira's return to Switzerland in the following months.Waldberg, Patrick (1962) Surrealism, The Taste of Our Time, Vol. 37, Editions D'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 151 pp.René Passeron (1975). The Concise Encyclopedia of Surrealism. Chartwell Books, Inc. Secaucus, New Jersey, 288 pp.Gaëtan Picon (1977) Surrealists and Surrealism 1919-1939. Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York. 231 pp Jean, Marcel (1980) The Autobiography of Surrealism. The Viking Press, New York. 472 pp. ISBN 0-670-14235--2 ublished simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada, Ltd./ref> The name ''Minotaure'' is attributed to Georges Bataille and

André Masson André-Aimé-René Masson (4 January 1896 – 28 October 1987) was a French artist. Biography Masson was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise, but when he was eight his father's work took the family first briefly to Lille and then to Brussel ...

, suggested "during a meeting with

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Vitrac, obert Desnos, and E. Tériade, who were in favor of calling the review ''L'Age d'Or''."William Rubin and Carolyn Lanchner (1976) Andre Masson. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 232 pp. The theme of the Minotaur and/or the labyrinth, had already appeared in the work of several artist and writers including Georges Bataille,

Max Ernst Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism ...

, as well as a number of drawings that

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

had made on

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subjects. In the age of

Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts in ...

, the metaphor of the Minotaur and the labyrinth had been popular in several circles of intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s; the labyrinth being analogous to the mind, the Minotaur representing mysterious irrational impulses hidden within, and

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- the conscious mind, entering the labyrinth and slaying the Minotaur, emerging victorious, - with a greater self-knowledge; a paradigm for

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and the surrealist theater as well. ''Minotaure'' was a luxurious review in its day, featuring original artworks on the cover by prominent artists like

Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known prima ...

Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

, Miró, and Dalí, and it grew more lavish with each passing year. Some volumes had various entries printed on papers of different colors, textures, and thicknesses bound into one. The drawings of artist were sometimes reproduced on fine art papers, like the originals. Later volumes featured color insets, high quality tipped-in color plates, an element that was later to become a trademark in Skira's art book series published after the war. ''Minotaure'' had 800 subscribers when the first issue was published in June 1933. The original selling price was 25 francs (no. 1–9), going up to 30 francs (no. 10–11), with the double issues selling for 40 francs (no. 3/4) and 60 francs (no, 12/13). Due to financial difficulties it was published at irregular intervals. The British art patron/collector and poet,

Edward James Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement. Early life and marriage James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James (who had inherite ...

soon came to be an important sponsor and adviser of the magazine. With an international circulation in several European counties, the journal was a significant element in Surrealism's rise form a relatively obscure circle of poets, artist, and intellectuals in the 1920s to a major movement of twentieth century art. It is a significant and historical reference for information on surrealism and has been the subject of two facsimile reprints. It was one in a succession of surrealist reviews including ''

La Révolution Surréaliste ''La Révolution surréaliste'' (English: ''The Surrealist Revolution'') was a publication by the Surrealists in Paris. Twelve issues were published between 1924 and 1929. Shortly after releasing the first '' Surrealist Manifesto'', André Bre ...

'' (1924-1929) and ''

Le Surrealisme au service de la revolution ''Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution (Surrealism in the service of the revolution)'' was a periodical issued by the Surrealist Group in Paris between 1930 and 1933. It was the successor of '' La Révolution surréaliste'' (published 1924 ...

'' (1930-1933), ''Minotaure'' (1933-1939) and '' VVV'' (1942-1944). In fact, in the last issue of (1933), Breton published a full page advertisement for the first issue of ''Minotaure'' (1933). ''Minotaure'' was by far the most lavish, inclusive, and widely distributed of the four.

Contributors and content

''Minotaure'' published original poetry,

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, fiction, and high quality reproductions of artworks, as well as important essays and writings on surrealist theory and philosophy. In addition to the writings of

, and

Benjamin Péret Benjamin Péret (4 July 1899 – 18 September 1959) was a French poet, Parisian Dadaist and a founder and central member of the French Surrealist movement with his avid use of Surrealist automatism. Biography Benjamin Péret was born in Rezé, ...

;

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

, often underestimated as a writer, contributed essays to eight issues, including writings on art theory like his paranoid-critical technique.

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, one of the editorial committee members, was a major figure in rediscovering and publishing the work of the Marquis de Sade and he produced articles for most volumes of ''Minotaure''. The participation of E. Tériade added a significant dimension to ''Minotaure'', with contributions in most of the issues on art and artist beyond the surrealist movement, like

and Fauvism. Surrealist views on architecture were presented in articles by

Tristan Tzara Tristan Tzara (; ; born Samuel or Samy Rosenstock, also known as S. Samyro; – 25 December 1963) was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, comp ...

, ,

, , and

Roberto Matta Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (; November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art. Bio ...

, . Other poets and writers included Georges Bataille,

Jacques Brunius __NOTOC__ Jacques B. Brunius (born Jacques Henri Cottance, 16 September 1906 – 24 April 1967) was a French actor, director and writer, who was born in Paris and died in Exeter, UK. He was cremated in Sidmouth, with a tribute by Mesens. Assista ...

René Crevel René Crevel (; 10 August 1900 – 18 June 1935) was a French writer involved with the surrealist movement. Life Crevel was born in Paris to a family of Parisian bourgeoisie. He had a traumatic religious upbringing. At the age of fourteen, h ...

, Léon Paul Fargue,

Georges Hugnet Georges Hugnet (11 July 1906 – 26 June 1974) was a French graphic artist. He was also active as a poet, writer, art historian, bookbinding designer, critic and film director. Hugnet was a figure in the Dada movement and Surrealism. He was the a ...

Marcel Jean Marcel Jean (1900 in La Charité-sur-Loire, France - 4 December 1993 in Louveciennes, France) was a French painter, writer, and sculptor who joined the surrealist movement in 1933. He is perhaps best known for his trompe l'oeil painting ''Armoire ...

Henri Michaux Henri Michaux (; 24 May 1899 – 19 October 1984) was a Belgian-born French poet, writer and painter. Michaux is renowned for his strange, highly original poetry and prose, and also for his art: the Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim ...

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...

Herbert Read Sir Herbert Edward Read, (; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read ...

, and

Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy (; 13 September 1889 – 17 June 1960) was a French poet whose works were inspired by and subsequently proceeded to influence the provocative art movements of the day, Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism. The loneliness and spiritual a ...

. Several important artists of the twentieth century received some of their earliest, or first recognition in ''Minotaure'' like

Hans Bellmer Hans Bellmer (13 March 1902 – 24 February 1975) was a German artist, best known for the life-sized pubescent female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer. Biography B ...

and his doll,

Victor Brauner Victor Brauner (, also spelled Viktor Brauner; 15 June 1903 – 12 March 1966) was a Romanian painter and sculptor of the surrealist movement. Early life He was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania, the son of a Jewish timber manufacturer who subsequen ...

Paul Delvaux Paul Delvaux (; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, alt ...

, Alberto Giacometti,

Kurt Seligmann Kurt Leopold Seligmann (1900–1962) was a Swiss-American Surrealist painter and engraver. He was known for his fantastic imagery of medieval troubadors and knights in macabre rituals and inspired by the carnival held annually in his native ...

, and

Frida Kahlo Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (; 6 July 1907 – 13 July 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by the country's popular culture, ...

. The Balthus painting ''The Street'' (1933, Museum of Modern Art, New York) was reproduced for the first time in ''Minotaure''. ''Minotaure'' was the first to reproduce Picasso's sculptures too. Mexican print maker José Guadalupe Posada was featured in one issue. Many important photographers contributed regularly or were featured in the journal including

Bill Brandt Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt; 2 May 1904 – 20 December 1983)Paul DelanyBill Brandt: A Life was a British photographer and photojournalist. Born in Germany, Brandt moved to England, where he became known for his images of British ...

, Brassai,

Dora Maar Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet. A romantic partner of Pablo Picasso, Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's paintings, including his ''Portr ...

Man Ray Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, although his t ...

, and

Raoul Ubac Raoul Ubac (31 August 1910, Cologne – 22 March 1985, Dieudonne, Oise) was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver. He had various and irregular artistic training and travelled in Europe between 1928 and 1934. He worked mostly ...

. Other diverse and unexpected figures such as

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

André Derain André Derain (, ; 10 June 1880 – 8 September 1954) was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. Biography Early years Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France (region), Île-de-Franc ...

, and Ambroise Vollard all contributed articles at one time or another, as did composers

Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...

and

Igor Markevitch Igor Borisovich Markevitch (russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, ''Igor Borisovich Markevich'', uk, Ігор Борисович Маркевич, ''Ihor Borysovych Markevych''; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian- ...

. Physician and writer Pierre Mabille, with expertise on anthropology, sociology and medicine was on the editorial committee and contributed articles to many of the volumes. Concordantly, ''Minotaure'' kept an "open house to the essays" from a wide range of

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psychologists A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

, historians, and other specialists including

Jean Wahl Jean André Wahl (; 25 May 188819 June 1974) was a French philosopher. Early career Wahl was educated at the École Normale Supérieure. He was a professor at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, broken by World War II. He was in the U.S. from 1942 ...

, Roger Caillois, Pierre Courthion, and

Michel Leiris Julien Michel Leiris (; 20 April 1901 in Paris – 30 September 1990 in Saint-Hilaire, Essonne) was a French surrealist writer and ethnographer. Part of the Surrealist group in Paris, Leiris became a key member of the College of Sociology with ...

. ''Minotaure'' published the first essays of

Jacques Lacan Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (, , ; 13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, and pu ...

, the noted French psychiatrist and philosopher. The entire second issue was devoted to Mission Dakar-Djibouti, an expedition to Africa commissioned by the French state and conducted by the

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under the direction of Marcel Griaule from 1931 to 1933. This science-based,

anthropological Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

project was conducted to survey, document, collect, and examine, ethnographic dances, music, paintings, arts, and cultures of Africa, although it was not without some political and economic motivations, bolstering the French colonial position in Africa in opposition to the growing British influence there. More than 3,000 objects were deposited in the museum, along with 6,000 photographs, 1,600 meters of films, and extensive field notes; many of which were featured in ''Minotaure''.

Facsimile reprints

Two

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editions of the complete 13 volume journal have been published. The first facsimile was published in 1968 by Arno Press, New York, with an introduction in English and French by

. The Arno Press edition was in four red cloth hardcover volumes (13 x 11 in.), including illustrations, advertisements and a cumulative index: Vol, I 1933; Vol. II, 1934–1935; Vol. III, 1936–1937, Vol. IV, 1938–1939. The second facsimile edition was published in 1981 by Editions d'art Albert Skira/Imprimeries Reunies, Geneve-Lausanne. The Skira facsimile edition, ''Minotaure. Revue artistique et litteraire'', was published in

quarto Quarto (abbreviated Qto, 4to or 4º) is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves. The leaves are then trimmed along the folds to produc ...

(4to) format (12.6 x 10 in.), hardbound with dust jackets and slipcases in three volumes: Vol. I, 1933; Vol. II, 1934–1936; Vol. III, 1936–1939.WorldCat
''Minotaure: revue artistique et littéraire''. Editions d'art Albert Skira/Imprimeries Reunies, Geneve-Lausanne. 1981
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''Minotaure'' volumes and tables of contents

No. 1: June 1, 1933

Cover by Pablo Picasso:

, he Art of Russian.

Paul Éluard Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...

, Face in the Grass

Maurice Raynal Portrait of Maurice Raynal (1911), by Juan Gris. Maurice Raynal (3 February 1884, Paris – 18 September 1954, Suresnes) was a French art critic and an ardent propagandist of cubism. Some publications *''Essai de Définition de la Peinture C ...

, .

, . E. Tériade, aintings

, he Art of Art

, . E. Tériade, Marcel Jean, he Omens, ballet by André Masson

Max Raphael :: Max Raphael (August 27, 1889 – July 14, 1952) was a German-American art historian. He was of Jewish parentage. He was born on August 27, 1889, in Schönlanke, Prussia, Germany. Between 1924 and 1932 he taught art history to the working class ...

, bout the Corfu pediment

, icasso in his Element

, .

, n Anatomy

, ternal Note of the Present

, ariety of the Human Body E. Tériade, lastic Value Movement

, otes on the Baroque

, . D. A. F. de Sade, .

: .

, he Mirror of Baudelaire

, aranoid-critical Interpretation of the haunting image The Angelus of Millet Jacques M. É. Lacan, he Problem of Style and Paranoid Forms of Experience

, he Seven Deadly Sins et of preparatory drawings by Henri Matisse for "The Afternoon of a Fauna" by Stéphane Mallarmé

, ogon Funeral Dances

No. 2: June 1, 1933

Cover by Gaston-Louis Roux. ''Mission Dakar-Djibouti'':

Paul Rivet Paul Rivet (7 May 1876, Wasigny, Ardennes – 21 March 1958) was a French ethnologist known for founding the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. In his professional work, Rivet is known for his theory that South America was originally populated in pa ...

and Georges-Henri Rivière, . thnographic and Linguistic Mission Dakar-Djibouti Marcel Griaule, ethodological introduction Eric Lutten, he "Wasamba" and their use of the circumcision Marcel Griaule, he hunter of October 20 (Funeral ceremonies at the Dogon of the cliff of Bandiagara, French Sudan) André Schaeffner, . otes on the music of the populations of northern Cameroon Deborah Lifszyc ifchitz thiopian Amulets

, . he bull of Seyfou Tchenger (a sacrifice to zar geniuses in a sect of possessed, in Gondar, Abyssinia)] Documents on. [Making boxes on the banks of the (Niger Basin)]. [Masks and dance helmets from French Sudan]. [Carved locks from French West Africa]. [Dogon masks and ritual objects (French Sudan)]. ock paintings of Songo (French Sudan) culptures, engraved calabashes and pottery from Dahomey ncient Paintings of Upper Ethiopia etc. Numerous reproductions of scenes, types, sites, objects, and various documents relating to the regions traversed by the Mission.

No. 3-4: December 12, 1933

Portrait of Man Ray and Salvador Dali, Paris LCCN2004663495

Cover by André Derain:

, he Age of Light

, ortraits of Women Nadar, ortraits of Women Brassai, rom the Cave Wall to the Factory Wall

, riterium of Aces E. Tériade, mancipation of Painting, Chance spontaneity and lack of style in modern painting. Four plates in colors. Thirty unpublished reproductions of''Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Derain, Miro, Borés, Dalí, Beaudin''. Pr. Ed. Claparéde, leep Defense Reaction Dr. Jacques Lacan, otives of Paranoid Crime

, n Paradise of the Phantoms hirty reproductions of old and modern automatons Paul Chardon, .

, od - Table - Bowl he workshops of''Brancusi, Despiau, Giacometti, Laurens, Lipchitz, Maillol''. .

, he Automatic Message tudy on the plastic art mediums edianimic etching by Victorien Sardou Ferdinand Brückner, he Age of Peru XXX, nvoluntary Scalptures

, , n the Terrifying and Edible Beauty of Modern Style Architecture Photographs of Barcelona by Man Ray, photographs of Paris by Brassai.

, ote on a Psycho-biological Outbreak of Sexual paresthesia

, usic is the Art of Recreating the World in the Field of Sounds Jean Frois-Wittmann, odern Art and the Pleasure Principle

, f a Certain Automatism of Taste

, he Most Beautiful Postcards lbum of One Hundred and Twenty Five Postcards nd One Hundred and Forty Answers to the survey asking ''Quelle a été la rencontre capitale de votre vie?'' (What was the most momentous encounter of your life?)

No. 5: May 12, 1934

Cover by Francisco Borès:

, alk Through the Roman Black Jean Lévy, ''King Kong''.

, he Mysteries of the Forest

, eauty Will be Convulsive

, y a Very Cold Afternoon of the First Days of 1713 or the World As It Is Color reproduction of the Epinal image he Madness of Men or the World Backwards

, he Great Model is Looking for and Finding Her Skin

, he New Colors of Spectral Sex Appeal Roger Caillois, he Praying Mantis

, ances-Horizons

, ittle Reverie of the Grand Hunter G. de Chirico, n Silence E. Tériade, resent Aspects of the Plastic Expression with a colored inset of a painting by Pablo Picasso. Reproductions of paintings, sculptures and drawings by Balthus, Beaudin, Borés, Braque, Dalí, Ernst, Gargallo, Giacometti, Huf, Klee, Laurens, Lipchitz, Manés, Miro, Picasso, Rattner, Roger, Roux, and Tanguy.

No. 6: December 5, 1934

Cover by Marcel Duchamp: D Pierre Mabille, reface to the eulogy of popular prejudices

, t the Cemetery of the Ancient Galleys Brassai, ky Hairpiece

, hysics of Poetry Blake, Goethe (Delacroix), Arnim, (Valentine Hugo), La motte-Fougué, (Rackham), Borel, Poe, (Manet), Baudelaire, (Redon), Lautreamont, (Dalí), Carroll, Nouveau (Rodin), Mallarmé, (Rops, Renoir, Matisse), Maeterlinck, (Minne), Apollinaire, (Picasso, Rouveeyre), Reverdy, (Derain, Matisse), Breton (Derain), Tzara, (Arp, Klee), Eluard, (Ernst, Tanguy), Péret, (Picasso), Char, (Kandinsky). Ambroise Vollard, ecollections of Cézanne, reproductions of unknown paintings of Cézanne

Paul Valéry Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry (; 30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher. In addition to his poetry and fiction (drama and dialogues), his interests included aphorisms on art, history, letters, mus ...

, eflection on the Landscape and Other Things Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Mirage

, rt and Perception C.-F. Ramuz, esemblanceHenry Charpentier, reface to the Latest Fashion

Stéphane Mallarmé Stéphane Mallarmé ( , ; 18 March 1842 – 9 September 1898), pen name of Étienne Mallarmé, was a French poet and critic. He was a major French symbolist poet, and his work anticipated and inspired several revolutionary artistic schools of ...

, he Last Fashion

Léon-Paul Fargue Léon-Paul Fargue (, 4 March 187624 November 1947) was a French poet and essayist. He was born in Paris, France, on rue Coquilliére. As a poet he was noted for his poetry of atmosphere and detail. His work spanned numerous literary movements. ...

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, erodynamic Apparition of Being-Objects Pierre Courthion, he Sadism of Urs Graf, Documents of the Graphisches Kabinett of Basel D. Lotte Wolf, sychic Revelations of the Hand. With sixteen facsimile reproductions of scriveners and contemporary artists' handprints

, ighthouse of the Bride André Beaudin, tchings for the Illustration of the Bucolics of Virgil

Louise de Vilmorin Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

, onight Charles-Henri Puech, eaning and Representation

, he Fairylike Woman Monument Engraved to the Glory of the Female Foot. Louis Binet, Faithful Illustrator of Fetishism of Rétif Ėlie Faure, . E. Tériade, ehabilitation of the Masterpiece

, he Great Poetic News preface André Breton, poems by Breton, Péret, Éluard. Gisèle Prassinos, ales and Poems Pierre-Jean Jouve, .

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, he Had Himself Raised Palace

, he Air of Water XXX, ive Little Known Poems

No. 7: June 10, 1935

Cover by Joan Miró: E, Tériade, he Skin of the Painting

, ortraits of Women Roger Caillois, imicry and Legendary Psychasthenia Photographic documents by Le Charles. Henri Michaun, n All Perished Horse

Jacques Baron Jacques Baron (1905–1986) was a French surrealist poet whose first collection of poems was published in ''Aventure'' in 1921. Although he was initially involved with the Dada movement, he became a founding member of the Surrealist movement follow ...

, he Blonde Way, etchings by André Beaudin for the illustration of "Bucoliques" by Virgile

, pplied Illustrations by Bellmer and Man Ray.

, , Hors-texte en couleurs orès, color inset

, omantic Nights Under the Sun King Young, he Day is Too Short Young, t's Still Not Too Late Photography by Brassai and Man Ray. Georges Pudelko, ''Paolo Uccello''. Jacques Delamain, ight Birds Photography by Fischer.

, he Night of the Sunflower Photography by Brassai and

Rogi André Rogi André (born Rozsa Klein, 10 August 1900, Budapest – 11 April 1970, Paris) was a Hungarian-born French photographer and artist. She was the first wife of André Kertész. Early life Rozsa Klein was born on 10 August 1900 in Budapest, the da ...

, on-Euclidean Psychology of a Photograph A. Petitjean, pectral Analysis of the Monkey Photography by Juliette Lasserre. Balthus, . Georges Lafourcade, winburne Novelist or "The Policeman's Daughter"

, he Revolving Doors

, . Paul Recht, etrospective View of 1937

No. 8: June 15, 1936

Cover by Salvador Dalí: Pierre Mabille, otes on Symbolism E. Tériade, urrealist Painting

, f a decalcomania without preconceived object (Decalcomania of Desire)

, etween Dog and Wolf

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Illustrations by Jacqueline Breton, Oscar Dominguez, Georges Hugnet, Marcel Jean, and Yves Tanguy.

, tarry Castle Drawings by Max Ernst.

, erspectives on anthropoclastic Hell

, pectral Surrealism of the Pre-Raphaelite Eternal Feminine Georges Bataille, .

, hree Droughts Drawings by Salvador Dalí.

No. 9: October 15, 1936

Cover by Henri Matisse: E. Tériade, onstancy of Fauvism, Reproductions of recent works by Henri Matisse, Color inset: Still life of Henri Matisse Roger Caillois, he Midi Complex

, eality and Mythology of Cranach, 17 reproductions of works of Cranach olor inset: "The Massacre of the Innocents" by Poussin

, ''The Marvel of Minuteness'', Color inset "Jane Seymour" by Hans Holbein.

, he Marvelous Against the Mystery. About Symbolism 12 portraits of symbolist poets. Three watercolors by Picasso, 1 color inset.

Lionello Venturi Lionello Venturi (25 April 1885, Modena – 14 August 1961, Rome) was an Italian historian and critic of art. He edited the first catalogue raisonné of Paul Cézanne. Life Lionello Venturi was born in 1885, son of art historian Adolfo Venturi. ...

, n the Last Years of Cézanne 16 unpublished reproductions of works by Cézanne.

, erracotta of Boeotia 17 unpublished reproductions of

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n terracottas from the National Museum of Athens.

Georges Duthuit Georges Duthuit (1891–1973) was a French writer, art critic and historian. Duthuit was a key commentator on Matisse, Nicolas de Staël, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Bram van Velde. He maintained a close association with the surrealists, particular ...

, dgar Degas at Ambroise Vollard 9 reproductions of the latest works of Degas. Audiberti, irth of a man

, ngraved Martyrdoms 8 reproductions of old engravings.

, he People's Hat 3 reproductions in color insets.

, irst Morphological Law on Hair in Soft Structures

, ouis Sutter, the unknown in his sixties

No. 10: December 1937

Cover by René Magritte: Harold Muller, ''It's a Bird''.

, torm Heads Portraits by Lichtenberg, Grabbe, Brisset, Roussel, Kafka, Forneret.

Xavier Forneret Xavier Forneret (16 September 1809 in Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 7 August 1884) was a French writer; poet, playwright and journalist. Life Born in 1809 bourgeois family by the name Antoine Charles Ferdinand, he was one of the few members of the Ro ...

, he diamond of the grass illustrations by Wolfgang Paalen.

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

, , illustrations by Max Ernst. J.-G. Posada,

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, ature Devours the Progress and Exceeds It Pierre Mabille, he Luminous Conscience Reproductions by Rob. Flud and Man Ray. Jean Lévy, , comments by Gilbert Lély. easons, French School of XVII Century

, he Triumph of Sterility

, urora of Objects

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, irst Old Sights, Reproductions of works byAndré Berton, G. de Chirico, Max Ernst, René Magritte,

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , , ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona i ...

, Pablo Picasso, and Man Ray.

, ppointment of February 6, 1916 urrealism Around the World. Reproduction of Surrealist DocumentsReproduction of works from Hans Arp,

, Serge Brignoni, Cornell, Salvador Dalí,

, Oscar Dominguez, Marcel Duchamp, Espinoza, Max Ernst,

, René Magritte, Juan Miro, Henry Moore, Paul Nash,

Wolfgang Paalen Wolfgang Robert Paalen (July 22, 1905 in Vienna, Austria – September 24, 1959 in Taxco, Mexico) was an Austrian-Mexican painter, sculptor, and art philosopher. A member of the Abstraction-Création group from 1934 to 1935, he joined the influ ...

Roland Penrose Sir Roland Algernon Penrose (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the surrealists in the United Kingdom. During the Second World ...

Remedios Varo María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Early life Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town ...

, J. Styrsky, and

Yves Tanguy Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 – January 15, 1955), known as just Yves Tanguy (, ), was a French surrealist painter. Biography Tanguy, the son of a retired navy captain, was born January 5, 1900, at the Ministry of Naval Aff ...

No. 11: May 15, 1938

Cover by Max Ernst: Pierre Mabille, npublished drawings by Seurat Albert Béguin, he Androgynous Pierre Mabille, irrors: Photographs by Raoul Ubae Georges Pudelko, iero de Cosimo, Bizarre Painter Jean Cazaux, evolt and Docility in Surrealist Poetic Invention

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, iddles Paul Recht, otticcelli and the Plague Jacques C. Brunius,

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Matta Echaurren, ensitive Mathematics, Architecture of Time

, he Middle Way Nicolas Calas, he Love of the Revolution to Our Days

, nside Armor, Photographs by Raoul Ubac Paul Recht,

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photography by Brassai, after Jacques Berthier. Reproductions of drawings by

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Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...

. Paintings by Hans Arp, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Wolfgang Paalen, Ecole de Botticelli,

Piero di Cosimo Piero di Cosimo (2 January 1462 – 12 April 1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He is most famous for the mythological and allegorical subjects he painted in the late Quattrocento; he is said to ...

Bartolomeo Veneto Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502–31) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland), and Lombardy. During his time in Venice, he studied under Gentile Bellini. The little information available about Bartolomeo's life ...

No. 12-13: May 12, 1939

Cover by André Masson, with inner cover by Diego Rivera: G. H. Lichtenberg, (Goettingue 1798) ist of a collection of tools, to be auctioned, published the house of Sir H. S. next week.(Götting 1798). Translation and illustrations by Wolfgang Paalen. Color insert of a painting by Areimboldo.

, ndré Masson's Prestige

, he Most Recent Tendencies in Surrealist Painting Color inserts: paintings by Chirico, Tanguy, Paalen, Ford, Mata, and Seligmann. Reproductions of paintings: Brauner, Dominguez, Frances, Frida Rivera, and Ubac. Pierre Courthion, assage of Géricault Madeleine Landsberg, aspar David Friedrich, Painter of Romantic Anxiety

, ouvenir of Mexico Photography by Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Pierre Mabille, he Eye of the Painter

, nterview with a Tsimshian

, uins: Ruin of the Ruins La Rédaction, riting, Nationalism in Art Kurt Muller, npublished Documents on the Count of Lautréamont and His Work Notes from the Editor. , aldoror and the Belle Dame Pierre Mabille, he Sky of Lautréamont Docteur

Pierre Menard Pierre Menard (7 October 1766 – 13 June 1844) was a fur trader and U.S. political figure. Pierre Menard was born at St. Antoine-sur-Richelieu, near Montreal, Canada, third in a family of ten children. His father was Jean Baptiste Ménard, ...

, nalysis of Lautréamont's Writing Léon Corcuff, rom a Funeral Process Useful to the Passive Defense

Jean Giono Jean Giono (30 March 1895 – 8 October 1970) was a French writer who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. First period Jean Giono was born to a family of modest means, his father a cobbler of Piedmontese descent a ...

, n a Great Book riginal Woods by Mailiol

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No. 1: June 1, 1933

No. 2: June 1, 1933

No. 3-4: December 12, 1933

No. 5: May 12, 1934

No. 6: December 5, 1934

No. 7: June 10, 1935

No. 8: June 15, 1936

No. 9: October 15, 1936

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