Cadavre Exquis*
Description
Executed in: c. 1930
Medium: coloured pencils on black paper
Size: 24.2 x 32 cm (46 x 52.5 cm with frame)
Annotations by André Breton with the names of the authors "Greta Knuston Tzara, Valentine Hugo, Breton, Tzara", on the reverse
Provenance
Private Collection, Romania; Aquired from Galerie 1900-2000 by the present owner
Previously: Mme Funke (Chilean anarchist); Mr Jankowitz, by inheritance from his mother; Patrick Waldberg Collection, France
Location
Bucharest, Romania
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Description
Cadavre Exquis is a technique where a group collaboratively assembles a collection of words or images, a game where participants take turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folding it to hide their contribution, and then passing it to the next player for further additions. This game became popular in artistic circles during the 1920s when Surrealist artists adopted it to create collaborative compositions.
It is exceedingly rare to have both Tristan Tzara, the founder of the Dada movement, and André Breton, the theorist of the Surrealism movement—who were both friends and rivals—participating as players. In the last 25 years, no Cadavre Exquis works involving Tristan Tzara and André Breton have been featured in a public auction.
Exhibitions
Showcased at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 9 June - 24 September 1972
Literature:
Reproduced in "Le Surréalisme 1922 - 1942" catalog, Patrick Waldberg, 1972, page 56.
Black and white reproduction in "After Picasso", James Thrall Soby, 1935, position 38.
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