December 19, 2008

Toyen to Paul Eluard

Toyen, pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing

Pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing by Toyen, dated 1931, inscribed to Paul Eluard in April 1935 when he attended the International Surrealist Exhibition of Prague with Breton.

6 comments:

  1. 'tis beautiful.

    Say, do you think the scans of Panama will make it up on the blog? Or are they up arleady, somewhere?

    I am quite interested to see the illustrations of John Dos Passos.

    Best,

    dp

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  2. I'm afraid to look at my 2008 blog to-do list because I only have 11 days to get to everything. But I should definitely be able to scan something from Panama. Thanks for the reminder.

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  3. Where did you find this one? I've only come across the black-and-white non-inscribed version before.

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  4. I'm pretty sure in an old Christies catalog, but I recently also noticed it in the 2-volume book Surrealism: Two Private Eyes.

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  5. OK, I hadn't really looked over the book in any detail, though a friend of mine has a copy.

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