[SURREALISM] BRETON, Andre (ed)

La Brêche: Action Surréaliste [complete run of 8 issues]

Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1961-65. Eight octavo (digest-size) issues. Pictorial wrappers printed in colors; each issue ca. 124-132pp; illus; ads. Gentle rubbing and soil to most issues, but in all a complete, attractive, and perfectly sound run, easily Very Good. Text entirely in French.

Breton's final periodical venture, a continuation of sorts of his long succession of Surrealist journals that included La Révolution Surréaliste (1924-1929), Surréalisme au Service de la Revolution (1930-1933), and Minotaure (1933-1939). La Brêche is the definitive journal of late-period Surrealism, very much pointing the way towards the movements — Pop Art, Situationism, Abstract Expressionism, etc – that would soon supplant it. The journal ceased publication in November, 1965, presumably due to Breton's declining health; he would die in September, 1966. Beyond Breton himself, who contributes at least one article to every issue, the list of contributors to La Brêche is impressive, including Radovan Asvic, Jean-Claude Barbé, Robert Benayoun, Alain Joubert, J.-F. Revel, Pierre Alechinsky, Joyce Mansour, Annie Lebrun, and many others. GERSHMAN p.48.

Price: $500.00

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