ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE... Lot 14

ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE AVEC POÈME à un ami. 10 se... ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED WITH POEM to a friend. September 10, 1916. 3 pages in-8 in ink. Autograph letter to a friend in which André Breton, a medical student, wonders about his situation. ... 'T. Fraenkel writes that I am losing myself. He understands by there, on my confessions, that the beautiful does not move me any more and has the friendship to be affected more than me... I am joking, I manage to make the pigeon to my remorse' ... ... Nantes carried me in creative value rather high. I had for some time the pride to suppose that Rimbaud had spoken to me more than to the others. I was crazy about it. Those who knew me would tell you that I would have loved him" ... "I am an intern of Doctor Leroy, head doctor of the Ville-Evrard insane asylum. Here I am, suddenly toasted of my service, to the point of the worst renunciation? I look at myself incredulously examining patients discussing their delirium bitterly... the most serious thing is that I do not act out of spite... I once threatened Fraenkel that one day he would be an asylums doctor, a former intern. This incurable ambition came to me. Psychiatry is wonderful. Apollinaire sent me a charming eccentric watercolor' ... ... To exonerate myself from the false accusation of indulging in my future research because of premature impotence, I leave you the judge of my last poem Coqs de Bruyère'. Breton gives a complete copy of this poem which will be published in Mont de Piété in 1919 at Sans pareil AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, WITH POEM to a friend, 10 September 1916, 3pp. ink on paper, 8vo Autograph letter to a friend in which André Breton, at the time a medical student, wonders about his situation. ... 'T. Fraenkel writes that I am losing myself. He means by this, on my confession, that beauty does not move me any more and has the friendship to be more affected by it than I am... I am joking, I manage to make the pigeon to my remorse'... ... Nantes brought me in creative value rather high. I had for some time the pride to suppose that Rimbaud had spoken to me more than to the others. I was crazy about it. Those who knew me would tell you that I would have loved him' ... I am an intern of Doctor Leroy, head doctor of the Ville-Evrard insane asylum. Here I am, all of a sudden, toasted of my service, to the point of the worst renunciation? I look at myself incredulously examining patients discussing bitterly about their delirium... the most serious is that I am not acting out of spite... I once threatened Fraenkel that one day he would be an asylums doctor, a former intern. This incurable ambition came to me. Psychiatry is wonderful. Apollinaire sent me a charming eccentric watercolor' ... ... To exonerate myself from the false accusation of indulging in my future research because of premature impotence, I leave you to judge my last poem "Coqs de Bruyère". Breton gave a complete copy of this poem which was published in Mont de Piété in 1919 at Sans pareil. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com