ROGER CAILLOIS (1913-1978) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE... Lot 18

ROGER CAILLOIS (1913-1978) LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE à André BRETON. 27 décem... ROGER CAILLOIS (1913-1978) AUTOGRAPHIC LETTER SIGNED to André BRETON. December 27, 1934, 3 pages 1/2 large in-4 in ink. Important letter very detailed as for their divergences. ...'After our conversation, I must think that there has never been with you and that there will probably never be a balance between the two domains... attitude on which you explained yourself several times with clarity and without appreciable variation, attitude on which it was impossible to be misled, as I did, only by taking according to the well-known human weakness, the expression of its desires for reality. You are thus decidedly of the party of the intuition of poetry, of art, and of their privileges. Is it necessary to say that I prefer this bias to an ambiguity? But you know that I have adopted the opposite bias, about the only one of my kind besides'... There can be no question of collaboration, but only of support - that is to say that for my part I will never hasten to condemn your efforts, on the contrary, I will be at your side if necessary'... AUTOGRAPH LETTER to André BRETON, SIGNED. 27 December 1934, 4pp. ink on paper, 4to. Important and very detailed letter detailed on their differences. ...'After our conversation, I have to think that there has never been and probably never will be a balance between the two domains... an attitude on which you have several times explained yourself clearly and without any appreciable variation, an attitude on which it was only possible to be misled, as I was, by taking, according to the well-known human weakness, the expression of one's desires for reality. You are thus decidedly of the party of the intuition of poetry, of art, and of their privileges. Is it necessary to say that I prefer this bias to an ambiguity? But you know that I have adopted the opposite bias, about the only one of my kind besides'... There can be no question of collaboration, but only of support - that is to say that for my part I will never hasten to condemn your efforts, on the contrary, I will be at your side if necessary'... Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, France. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com