BRETON André (1896-1966). Lot n° 15

3 L.A.S. "André Breton", Paris 1925-1926, to Pierre de MASSOT; 2, 1 and 1 pages in-4, 2 on the letterhead of La Révolution surréaliste. 9 July 1925. He explains why Massot's name does not appear among the signatories of the letter to Claudel. "I would like, because of [...] the absolute confidence I have in you, to be the first to inform you of the decision we have taken, at the Surrealist Revolution, to constitute, with the collaboration of the most active editors of Philosophies and the new direction of Clarté, a sort of single revolutionary party of intellectuals in France. We urge you to join us. In the first place, it is necessary to combat the official propaganda relating to the war in Morocco and therefore to envisage "the establishment of a minimum common plan of attack and demolition, practically the immediate launching of appropriate tracts, the sending of open letters to the various leaders, and finally the foundation of a newspaper. It is necessary to obtain from each one "an act of adhesion without reserve to this program"... He asked Massot for an urgent reply, thanked him for sending his book "of which I believe the journal we are going to make could publish important fragments" .... Brasserie Lutetia 29 October 1925, "Paul Éluard has sent me your address [...] I need to talk to you for an hour or two [...]. It is not only on my behalf but also on that of Éluard and Aragon that I am taking this step... 20 March 1926. He postpones their meeting. "I hope you will come on Monday or Tuesday to read me Étienne Marcel (a book that Massot had just published). By these dates Breton and Pierre de Massot had become reconciled and their ties would always remain close. However, in 1924, during the "Soirée du Cœur à Barbe", Breton - who disowned her - had, on stage, broken Massot's arm with a violent blow of his cane.