Boîte Alerte. Missives Lascives. Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme. 1959-1960
Duchamp, Marcel et al
Paris. Daniel Cordier. 1959
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The scarce catalogue in the form of a post box: 'Boîte Alerte'.
From the edition limited to 230 copies.
Surrealist box / catalogue designed by Marcel Duchamp and Andre Breton for the 1959 'Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme' organised at the Galerie Cordier (15 December 1959 -29 February 1960).The exhibition, 'EROS', focused on erotic love and the sexualised female, with the intention to shock, provoke and liberate the imagination of its audience.
The box, whose title ('box on alert') makes a pun on 'boîte à lettres', contains envelopes with letters, pictures and booklets by the artists and writers involved in the exhibition.Through the range of references provided by a combination of text and image, 'Boîte Alerte'provides a rich source for the interests and ambitions of the surrrealist movement.
The documents include the following:
- 9 'Missives Lascives':'The Corridor' by Robert Benayoun (suggestive photographic booklet), Micheline Bounoure's original symmetrical compositions, Alain Joubert's 'La Perle Fine', Joyce Mansour's 'La Pointe', Octavia Paz's pseudo-medical account of Edelmira B., André Pieyre de Mandiargues' 'La Marée', Mimi Parent's black 'HAUT' stocking, and envelope with anonymous text 'Lettres d'un Sadique.'
- Telegram from Marcel Duchamp.
- Seven-inch double-sided vinyl record with readings of two surrealist poems, ‘L’Ivresse Religieuse’ (Religious Intoxication) by Joyce Mansour and ‘La Brebis Galante’ (The Gallant Ewe) by Benjamin Péret.
- 4 original lithographs, each signed and numbered, by Joan Miró, Max Walter, Svanberg, and Toyen, together with a signed etching by Marechal.
- 6 post cards reproducing Hans Bellmer’s 'La Poupée' (1933-7), Salvador Dalí’s 'Guillaume Tel' (1930), Arshile Gorky’s 'The Orator' (1947), Joan Miró’s 'Le Piège' (1924), Max Walter Svanberg’s 'Bouquet de Lumière et de Crépuscules' (1958) and Clovis Trouille’s 'Le Palais des Merveilles' (1949).
The catalogue of the exhibition at the Daniel Cordier Gallery directed by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp is also included and features texts by Breton, Bellmer, Man Ray, Péret, Arp, Paz, Breton, Benoit, Mansour, Lebel, Carrington, and others.
From the edition limited to 230 copies.
Surrealist box / catalogue designed by Marcel Duchamp and Andre Breton for the 1959 'Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme' organised at the Galerie Cordier (15 December 1959 -29 February 1960).The exhibition, 'EROS', focused on erotic love and the sexualised female, with the intention to shock, provoke and liberate the imagination of its audience.
The box, whose title ('box on alert') makes a pun on 'boîte à lettres', contains envelopes with letters, pictures and booklets by the artists and writers involved in the exhibition.Through the range of references provided by a combination of text and image, 'Boîte Alerte'provides a rich source for the interests and ambitions of the surrrealist movement.
The documents include the following:
- 9 'Missives Lascives':'The Corridor' by Robert Benayoun (suggestive photographic booklet), Micheline Bounoure's original symmetrical compositions, Alain Joubert's 'La Perle Fine', Joyce Mansour's 'La Pointe', Octavia Paz's pseudo-medical account of Edelmira B., André Pieyre de Mandiargues' 'La Marée', Mimi Parent's black 'HAUT' stocking, and envelope with anonymous text 'Lettres d'un Sadique.'
- Telegram from Marcel Duchamp.
- Seven-inch double-sided vinyl record with readings of two surrealist poems, ‘L’Ivresse Religieuse’ (Religious Intoxication) by Joyce Mansour and ‘La Brebis Galante’ (The Gallant Ewe) by Benjamin Péret.
- 4 original lithographs, each signed and numbered, by Joan Miró, Max Walter, Svanberg, and Toyen, together with a signed etching by Marechal.
- 6 post cards reproducing Hans Bellmer’s 'La Poupée' (1933-7), Salvador Dalí’s 'Guillaume Tel' (1930), Arshile Gorky’s 'The Orator' (1947), Joan Miró’s 'Le Piège' (1924), Max Walter Svanberg’s 'Bouquet de Lumière et de Crépuscules' (1958) and Clovis Trouille’s 'Le Palais des Merveilles' (1949).
The catalogue of the exhibition at the Daniel Cordier Gallery directed by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp is also included and features texts by Breton, Bellmer, Man Ray, Péret, Arp, Paz, Breton, Benoit, Mansour, Lebel, Carrington, and others.
Green mail box designed by Marcel Duchamp. (285 x 180 mm). With opening,removable lid, and text (Boîte Alert in white to front, white label with 'Missives Lascives' in red, 'Exposition international du Surréalisme' to left hand side of box). Envelopes with imitation stamps, containing letters, illustrations and booklets by a range of artists; with exhibition catalogue.
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