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GEORGEMELLY

O.rraz

PhotographybyLWOODS

$35.00

Parisandthe

Surrealists

GEORGEMELLY

PhotographybyMICHAELWOODS

toinspireafreshoutpouring."andrebreton thosebizarreandinspiredpoets,writersand painterswhoweretogainalmostmythicstatus andtoevokewonderbytransmutingmundane experienceintoastonishingimages,are fundamentaltenetsofSurrealismthatatonce suggestthemovement'sbirthplace:Paris.

Thetext,whicheloquentlyconveysthe

Surrealistwayofthoughtandlife,issetoffby

thehauntingandatmosphericphotographsof

MichaelWoods.CapturingthespiritofParis,

andimagesjointoleadusinthefootstepsofthe

LeftBanktothetheaters,restaurantsand

nightclubsofMontmartre;shadowingthemon theirnocturnalexcursionsthroughtheempty streets.

GeorgeMellyoffersnotonlyanarrative

areimbuedwiththeessenceofParisandthe shocking,evenscandalous,influenceofamour fouwhichsoenrapturedtheSurrealists.In parallel,hedescribeshisownloveaffairwith

Surrealismandthecityofitsbirth;revealing

thatevennowtheSurrealistspiritlivesonas partortheverysoulofParis:"Surrealismis dead.LongliveSurrealism."

With104duotoneillustrations

thePassageVerdeau.

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THAMESANDHUDSON

GEORGEMELLYwouldespeciallyliketothank

historianofthemovementhelefttoserve.

DedicatedtothememoryofE.L.T.Meseitd

MICHAELWOODSwouldliketothank:

M.Gard,AssistantManagerofHotelBlanche.

meuntilitwasfinished.

ForMichaelAldridge

imposedonasubsequentpurchaser.

©1991GeorgeMellyandMichaelWoods

FirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesin1991by

ThamesandHudsonInc.,500FilthAvenue,

NewYork,NewYork10110

PrintedandboundinHongKong

CONTENTS

Preface

PAGE7 1 'Theeyeecciitjinadavagedtate

PAGE13

2 'Theblinddwimmer

PAGE23

3

TL*fleeceburndyet'

PAGE51

4 'Whogoedthere?'

PAGE77

5Amajorityofone'

PAGE147

Acallalily

PAGE155

Bibliography

PAGE158

Index

PAGE158

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PREFACE5

s nous'ParisPeasant'. prevent. permanent. RueBlancheLn.."..i....MJLQt - him^w,mrmjir*mrmmmimy*mrmkmv»"i~*\*"-»•^•rv"<<*ljw 10 somethingofanadventure.

AndreBretonandLouisAragon'sPari)Peasant.

BoulevardSaint-Germain

life. ^r

H^mttfAHndJsrry11873-1907}ptCsuk.

J I X ro(>Ck... Jt

FernandoPessoaI

1 'Theeyeexidtdinaravagedtate cametome. thehotel. 'Legendbeginswheremanhas lived,wherehelives. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT)

Thelidofaboxonabookstall,

QuaideMontebello

B J a- <3 ••J 'Theworldujeenfromthe window:roofjofgrayoilcloth, chimney,)likejenjiioiuonlookerj; dtudiojdulledbydiutyblindd. (LOUISARAGONLITTERATURE'1923)

Viewfromthewindowofahotel,

RueBlanche

anelderlydeliveryman. f <3

TheNewMoonnightclub

16 anindeterminatedarkgreen. again. however,seemsinnowaytoexcitehim. yourbed-sheets.' arytryst. ture'.Itwasaceremony.

ThenextafternoonweleftParis.

20 (ANDREBRETONMADLOVE)

WaxworksintheMuseeGrevin,PassageJouffroy

2 'Theblinddwimmer' lostallrelevance. 'Yourdancedarethefearfulabydd ofmydreartid

AndIfallandmyfallperpetuated

mylife,

Thedpaceunderyourfeetid

increasinglyvast,

Wonderd,youdanceonthedpringd

ofthedky. (PAULELUARDTHEGERTRUDE

HOFFMANGIRLS')

PlacePigalle

TheOpera

Tilesinapou^onnerie

ofthecold. prolongmytripbyevenaday'. a 1 ..\t as ''A 'Thechanginglightofthearcadej, alightrangingfromthe brightneddofthetombtothe shadowofjenjualpleasure. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT")

PassageVerdeau

Surrealistdoctrine.

tendedtoequatewithVeallife'. iu,..,,i,nij\umm"mmmmmimmmm*mmmm&l niffifi

Invain,reasondenouncestome

thedictatorshipofsensuality. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT')

BoulevarddeChchv

BoulevardMagenta

CafeLePalmier,oneofseveralcafesin

thePlaceBlanchefrequentedbv

AndreBreton

#.V3tf m.>.--v--r^

BRASSER

- ^W^HIKSJC"

WW!»" -

'"a»v|13'" a»-rVP19i'lfj"?! "V.. -I downtheofferandreturnedtoBrussels. hadtobemorecarefulifitwastolasttheweek. temptuouseyeofawaiter. dcarcelynoticethem. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT)

CafeLesDeuxMagots,BoulevardSaint-Germain

wereprobablyaninvestment.^* meetagain. rottenherring'time. mewheretheywould. 33

BoulevardSaint-Germain

'Themojtvitalimagesarethemojtfleeting. (ANDREBRETON'ODEACHARLESFOURIER')

BassindelaVillette

LiondeBelfort,BoulevardduMontparnasse

^J itsomefouryearsearlierwhenIwasinthenavy. puijoirj-becamecommonplace,unremarkable. 'Thedisembowelledhorses inthearenaofheads. (TRISTANTZARA'LABONNEHEURE')

JardindesTuileries

RueParadis

beenwalkinginacircle. bythedustofavolcaniceruption. wouldgoeverywhereonfoot. (MALCOLMDECIIAZAL'LESENSPLASTIQUE')

JardindesPlantes

EglisedelaTnnite

£-=£*Ega=

'|Resistanceduringthewar. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT)

PorteStrasbourg,JardindesTuileries

(SALVADORDALI'MINOTAURE'1933)

PorteDauphineMetrostation

3 a 'Lifeitselfhassummonedinto beingthispoeticdeitywhich thousandswillpassblindlyby,but whichsuddenlybecomespalpable andterriblyhauntingforthose whohaveatlastcaughtaconfused glimpseofit. (LOUISARAGON'PARISPEASANT)

PassageReilhac

wasreadytocatchmytrain. companyofpederasts? "'Itoldmymother,simplytosurprise 3 'ltdfleeceburnsyet' thedevelopmentofSurrealism. view. erogenouszones. -Si a

Paris:

Butthefinestmomentwaswhenfrombetween

Itspartedironlegs

tionnecessaryforitseventualdetumescence.

PlacedelaConcorde

i I

PlaceVendome

TheEiffelTower

*iA^\ 'Whatuthatarmyofmarine monstersswiftlycuttingthe waved?Therearesix;theirfind arepowerfulandopenupaway throughthetoweringbillows. (LAUTREAMONTLESCHANTSDE

MALDOROR)

RueGeoffroy-Saint-Hilaire

appropriatestench.) devotedtomonkeysandkangaroos. officialdom. \MMX*J*JJMJ!XX^n.K*M&MMMV»J!?^U***^x,

IillII

c3w 1. I ""riNotre-Dame 'Thehaiuhoftheclock,prejjed agaiiwtoneanotherandtiredof waitingforthenight,callinvain

Iwithafatefulcry.

('LAREVOLUTIONSURREALISTS)

Arman'scolumnofclock-facesoutside

GareSaint-Lazare

ContemporarysculpturebyPolBuryin

theJardinduPalais-Royal .--U-LUI" 'Theeyehasnilthegesturedofthefish. (MALCOLMDECHAZAL'LIiSENSPLASTIQUE')

PassageVercieau

HeSaint-Louis

thisquality.Mostcitiesaremasculine. didthat. 63
'hewasnotSurrealistenough!

64drearyaftermath.AsEarnshawwrotein1968,

yetanotherspecies. journeys. woman.Itfollowsthatmyhomecityisaslatten. differentreasons. firedwithatrueSurrealistspirit.65 remainofus (ANDREBRETON'NADJA')

Retouchingstudio,BoulevardBonne-Nouvelle

OVERLEAF

beware:yourepresentdisorderandperdition. (LOUISARAGONTill-:LIBERTINE')

PassageVerdeau

PlacedesVosges

probablyapocryphal. badmarksforthattoo.'

SurrealistinfluenceintheUnitedStates:

difficult-ifnotimpossiblehere. 70
beverages,thesewateryspirits. (ANDREBRETONLESCHAMPSMAGNETIQUES)

CafeLesDeuxMagots,BoulevardSaint-Germain

CafeLesDeuxMagots,BoulevardSaint-Germain

losinghimselfinidledreams.Andsmoking. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT')

FlamingoBar,RuecluFaubourg-Montmartre

t>- 'literary'excuse. inwhichheexpressedhimself. case. returnedthere.Hewashome.^ certaintyofhazard. againintheirmidstsmokingitsgreenpipe. shadowoftheimmediateanddreadfulpast.7S *W5* -^VMWir.r.» IK" 4 'Whogoothere?'3 7 roomofapredictabletheatre. 8; I ofIagoinananalysisofOthello.

PARISPEASANT

'Thegatewaytomysterydwlngd openatthetouchofhuman weakneddam)u>ehaveenteredthe realmsofdarknedd. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT)

PassageJouffroy

mythology.' mythsofhistime'. andirrevocablebreak,hewrote: Bs !»^^B*H^"^E11aB'-*™

I^v^^JEE

irl. -L ofsecretlifeofthecity. questionis,why? questionofitbeingafactory.)' rianromanticism.:> ingandaparticularpoignancy. bemusedsentimentality.'81

PassagedesPrinces

legend. ground: skirtPassageduCaire (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT')

BoulevardMagenta

"III.wm i"\i*>vmmmmmmm contenttobesolelywomen. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT')

PassageJouffrov

7refusetobliuhatmyown

hyperbolicternu:uh'aj,race,

Napoleon,history,I.

(LOUISARAGONTHliLIBERTINE')

PassageJoutfroy

PassageVerdeau

mostlulledandamused.... women,hookedbeaks. shop,

Thecanesfloatedgentlylikeseaweed.

thereismoretocome.

AshopwindowinthePassageJouffroy

but,inasidewindow, hair. tomoveorconvinceme. hardlySurrealistatall. littleholiday.HemayreverttoDada:

PESSIMISM-PESSIMIS-PESSIMI

PESSIM-PESSI-PESS

PES-PE-P-p...,nothingmore.

lypticfrenzyofhisheroLautreamont. anotherdog,bearingthefollowinglegend':

BONJOURCHERAMI!

Avez-vouspns

vosbiscuits

MOLASSINE?

(LOUISARAGONTHELIBERTINE")

AshopwindowinthePassagetiesPrinces

%.,thoughts. exceptaloneandinabsolutegravity'. insight,lyricismandpoetry. thepalaceofillusionsandsilence. 96
cv. flingideaoccurtohim.' emphasisofSurrealism. 'Whenwearemoving,itidthetree whichbecomesthespectator....

Thetree,havingbecomeacoffin,

disappearsintotheearth.And whenitidtransformedintofire,it vanishesintotheair. (RENEMAGRITTE)

ParedesButtes-Chaumont

themachineryofourdreams. haunchofbeefinthecities'goldenfist'. bemoregallantthanaJiupenjionbridge. (LOUISARAGON'PARISPEASANT)

ParedesButtes-Chaumont

f§* woman,thespiritofallwomen.Theyseel

Theonlymotjuste.

&101 *v"

»•fr

ASST *V!fl'*#% 'ThegreatSuicides'bridge which,beforemetalgrilleswere erectedalongitssides,claimed victimsevenfromamong passers-bywhohadhadno intentionwhatsoeverofkilling themselvesbutfoundthemselves suddenlytemptedbythe abyss (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT')

ParedesButtes-Chaumont

PareMonceau

whenheinventedgardens. (LOUISARAGONPARISPEASANT)

JardindesTuileries

NADJA yieldtohisspell.Heisatruemagus. character. ss "5 dom,areenough. thatthisrigmaroleholdsusspellbound. uselessPorteSaint-Denis. &107

PlacesinParisagainstwhichthebookunfolds:

ThePlaceduPantheon

ThePlaceMaubert(statueofEtienneDolet)

TheCarrefourMedicis

TheBoulevardBonne-Nouvelle

ThePorteSaint-Denis

ThePassagede1Opera

TheSaint-Ouenfleamarket

TheRueLafayetteandanunknownintersection

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