Breton's Surrealist Manifesto to Sell at Sotheby's

LONDON—Andre Breton's 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, a pivotal piece of art and literary history, is on display at Sotheby's in London until February 4 along with other surrealist works soon to be auctioned, reports the Guardian. The 21-piece handwritten manuscript, in which Breton tried to define Surrealism, favoring the power of imagination over logic, reason, and rules, is one of nine manuscripts being sold by the heirs of Simone Collinet, Breton's first wife. The Manifesto, which hits the block in Paris in May, is estimated at €500,000 ($739,000). It is the only surviving copy and has been exhibited only once before, in a surrealist exhibition in Paris in 2002.