| Description | Correspondence with Roland Penrose; some on the organisation of the International Surrealist Exhibition, London.
/1. 1 x ms. letter, 13 March 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns International Surrealist Exhibition (ISE); Cahiers d' Art; Valentine Penrose's book 'Le Nouveau Candide'
/2. 1 x ms. letter, 8 April 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns ISE, French dealers' loans; Picasso; De Chirico; Breton's texts for the exhibition; 'This Quarter'; plans for new Surrealist review
/3. 1 x ms. letter, 10 April 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns ISE: René Gaffé's loans; photos sent by Breton; disagreement with Paul Eluard
/4. 1 x ms. letter, 20 April 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns ISE: René Gaffé's loans; Magritte; Ernst; Buñuel; L'Entract
/5. 1 x ms. letter, 5 June 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns ISE: Breton's visit to; opinion of David Gascoyne's 'What is Surrealism?'
/6. 1 x ms. letter 'Minotaure' envelope, 22 June 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns friendship with Penrose; messages for Paul Nash and others; translation of Breton's writing
/7. 1 x ms. letter with 'Minotaure' envelope, 6 July 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns Penrose' s offer to buy Breton's 'Objet-Poème' and Picasso 's 'Tête' (1913 papier collé); relationship with Eluard; criticisms of Faber & Faber (publishers of Read's 'Surrealism')
/8. 1 x ms. letter 15 July 1936, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns news of Surrealism in England; agreement to do Faber & Faber book
/9. 1 x ms. letter, 20 February 1937, from André Breton to Roland Penrose; concerns art by Picasso being sent to Penrose (purchase of 'Tête' by Penrose); plans to open gallery; Bellmer; images of Synge and Lewis Carroll for Breton's book 'L'Humour Noir'
/10. 1 x ms. letter, 7 November 1941, from André Breton (from New York) to Roland Penrose; concerns need to keep in contact; Surrealist Reviews in USA; Guggenheim exhibition plans - loans from Penrose Collection
/11. 1 x ms. postcard, n.d. [late 1930s], from André and Jacqueline Breton (Mexico) to Roland Penrose |