DADAISM. ELUARD (Paul). [Dada Manifesto]. Paris, September 2 - Lot 28

DADAISM. ELUARD (Paul). [Dada Manifesto]. Paris, September 21, 2020. L.A.S. to Frédéric Lefèvre, Paris, September 21, 2020. 1 p. in-8. Upper left corner, envelope preserved. Magnificent letter, Eluard specifies "I'll give your commission to Aragon and Picabia today. As for Morand, he's not in Paris and I don't have his address." He goes on to give a bibliographical reference (1) and the bookshop where Frédéric Lefèvre can buy the book. He continues, "Do you know Tzara's 1918 Dada manifesto (2), the most precious of all. You could read it at Sans Pareil, as all the Dada n[umer]os must be out of print. Frédéric Lefèvre (1889-1949) writer, editor-in-chief of "Nouvelles Littéraires" (1922-1949) and literary critic. 1 F. S. Flint, Some French Poets of To-Day. Monthly Chapbook Vol 1, No 4, The Poetry Bookshop, London, 1919 2 The Dada Manifesto 1918 was read at a performance on July 23, 1918 at the Zunfthaus in der Meise in Zurich. It was corrected and republished along with six other manifestos. This Manifesto is intended to be an anti-manifesto: "His project is polemical: 'I destroy the drawers of the brain and those of social organization [...]' Tzara rejects the state, the family, religion, academies... [...]" (3). 3 Abastado Claude. Le "Manifeste Dada 1918" : un tourniquet. In: Littérature, n°39, 1980. Les manifestes. pp. 39-46.