SURREALISME. Autograph poem by 6 surrealists,... Lot 501

SURREALISME. Autograph poem by 6 surrealists, 1924; 4pages in-8 on Cyrano Brewery letterhead. Cadavre exquis poétique by six surrealists. At the head, a note by Gérard Rosenthal (1903-1992, who wrote under the pseudonym Francis Gérard; he was close to Trotsky, and his lawyer) specifies: "Poème écrit en mars 24 au Cyrano, deux vers par deux vers, par Gérard Rosenthal Desnos Morise Breton Noll Aragon". In the margins, he has also identified the participants' handwriting for the first few lines. Alongside Gérard Rosenthal, Louis Aragon, André Breton and Robert Desnos, Max Morise (1900-1973) and Marcel Noll (1902-1937) were among the participants in this exquisite cadaver at the Place Blanche brasserie. This exquisite cadaver comprises 99 verses, written in black or midnight-blue ink, sometimes in pencil. Desnos wrote the first line: "Le vent le cruel vent a rongé ton émail" (The wind, the cruel wind, has eaten away your enamel). The next two are by Francis Gérard: "Temple de sable et d'or consacré à tes Muses Dont le nom de mes yeux fait tomber les écailles". Max Morise adds a verse: "Mais l'airain de mon sexe à ton dur creuset s'usure" (But the brass of my sex wears out in your hard crucible). Then André Breton inscribes these two lines: "Arithmetic and gold make my heart burst It's up to whoever holds back the women of the factory". Noll, Aragon, Gérard, Desnos, Morise and others follow.