ARNAUD Noël. REPONSE AUTOGRAPHE AU QUESTIONNAIRE... Lot n° 12

ARNAUD Christmas. AUTOGRAPH ANSWER TO THE FRANCIS DUMONT QUESTIONNAIRE. 2 pages in-4 in green ink. "In 1938, a decisive momentous encounter: André Breton, who appears to me as the highest spirit, the most lucid intelligence of this time and whose exemplary work responds to all my anxieties, brings the only valid definition of poetry and therefore justifies my state as a poet. Without André Breton I might have continued to live, I would have ceased to be a poet." Also attached is a signed autograph card sent to Francis Dumont relating to Forneret's unpublished work. The set is included in a copy of Transfusion du verbe published by Editions de La Main à plume in 1941 and limited to 400 copies. Texts by Arnaud, Eluard etc. Illustrations by Dominguez, Picasso, Vulliamy etc.