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Artists›André Breton

André Breton

1896–1966

WA-00019353

DrawingSurrealismRealism

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

100%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ161955

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/andre-breton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/andre-breton
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/768
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

André Robert Breton was a French writer and poet, known as a principal theorist and co-founder of surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism".

Source: Kasmin · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Drawing

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

WattsOS

La Brèche

1963

volume : illustrations ; Height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Océanie : avant-propos et poèmes inédits

1948

[48] pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Martinique charmeuse de serpents

1948

111 pages : illustrations ; Height: 7 1/2 in. (19 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Surréalisme en 1947

1947 · Book with mixed media relief sculpture on cover with five lithographs in color, twelve lithographs in black, four etchings in black, one etching in color, and two woodcuts in black on ivory wove paper

H.: 24 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes (Poem object)

1942 · Postcard, paper, silver paint, silk thread and silver sequins on paper

support: 340 x 267 mm frame: 400 x 295 x 34 mm

Tate

Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on gray paper

18 x 14" (45.8 x 35.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poème-Objet from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Postcard, thread, sequins, and ink on paper from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

composition (irreg.): 8 5/16 x 8 7/16" (21.1 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 18 x 13 15/16" (45.7 x 35.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poem-Object

1941 · Carved wood bust of man, oil lantern, framed photograph, toy boxing gloves, and paper mounted on drawing board

18 x 21 x 4 3/8" (45.8 x 53.2 x 10.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1937 · Collage composed of oilcloth laid down on cardboard, with woven ribbon, leaf, tarot card, metal mechanism, die-cut cardboard element, pen and black and white inks, nailed on wood panel in shallow box

39.4 × 30.4 × 3.7 cm (15 9/16 × 12 × 1 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Exposition surréaliste d'objets

1936

6 pages ; Height: 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Untitled

1935 · Decalcomania (ink transfer) on paper

10 x 12 3/4" (25.3 x 32.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Exposición surrealista : abierta de 11 a 12 y de 5 a 9 todos los dias hasta su clausura el 21 de mayo

1935

24 pages : illustrations ; Height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ne visitez pas l'Exposition Coloniale

1931

1 sheet ; Height: 11 in. (28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Portrait of Joyce Mansour

1930 · ink on coated calendered paper (décalcomanie), three parts

Sheet: 22 x 9.6 cm (8 11/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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La Révolution surréaliste

1925

1 volume : illustrations ; Height: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Handwritten letter to Monsieur Maríchal

1918 · Ink on paper

10 5/8 × 8 1/8" (27 × 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Art of Engraving, from Encyclopédie

1751 · Letterpress in black on cream laid paper with later covers of tan paper; sheets removed from books

39.4 × 25.2 cm (15 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 30 catalogued · 19 with image

The Met
7 published
MoMA
5 publishedof 17 catalogued14 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
Tate
1 published1 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

I Saluted at Six Paces Commandant Lefebvre des Noëttes (Poem object)
1942 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of Joyce Mansour
1930 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

28 assets

Artsy

Joined Letters of the Alphabet, from Encyclopédie (1760)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

Peers & Context56

Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Alison Knowlesco-exhibited Jordan Wolfsonco-exhibited Varvara Stepanovaco-exhibitedHeinrich Hoerleco-exhibitedJacqueline de Jongco-exhibited

Movements2

Surrealism Realism

Collections6

Tate Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art New Museum Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Tate

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

New Museum

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Network

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Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future

2026

Exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future New Museum

2026