André Breton: Carnet de voyage chez les indiens Hopi. Egypte there was a real craze

there was a real craze among psychiatrists around the world for what was then called "psychopathological art"

Dealing with African art on the scale of the black continent in its variety and specificities

de son acuité critique et de sa réjouissante ironie

The development of the outline of each sign is observed and compared to hieratic forms

of palimpsest

André Breton: Carnet de voyage chez les indiens Hopi. Egypte there was a real crazeIn August 1945, during a stay in western New Mexico and Arizona, Andr Breton recorded in his small notebook with a dark blue cover the precious details of life on the Navajo, Zuni, Apache and Hopi Indian reservations. Andr Breton, a keen observer and budding ethnologist, recorded everything he saw. Handwritten notes and sketches were scattered throughout, creating a precise picture of these communities: everyday and ritual objects, secular and sacred