Deux manuscrits autographes complets (l'un signé) de la préface d'André Breton pour le programme de la danseuse américaine Katherine Dunham au théâtre de Paris

Théâtre de Paris, Paris 7 October 1949, 20.9 x 26cm, 2 pages 1/4 on 3 leaves.
Two complete autograph manuscripts of the preface by André Breton for the program of the show by the American dancer Katherine Dunham at the Paris theater:
– The first, written in blue ink on one leaf with many crossings out, includes several variations to the version published at the top of the programme.
– The second, also written in blue ink on two leaves, matches almost word for word with the published version. Signed by André Breton on the second leaf.
Attached: the original version of the show programme for which André Breton wrote this preface, published in October 1949 by the Théâtre de Paris (21 x 27 cm, stapled). Illustrated on the cover with a drawing by Paul Colin depicting Katherine Dunham, as well as photographs by Raymond Voinquel and Chadel.
Interesting collection, bearing witness to the meeting of two worlds: dance and anthropology. Katherine Dunham, activist choreographer and dancer, but above all a specialist in the study of Black and Latin-American dances, undoubtedly met the pope of surrealism in 1945 while the latter was in Haiti at the invitation of Pierre Mabille.