MINOTAURE

Minotaure, Revue artistique et littéraire

Minotaure. Revue artistique et littéraire, No. 1-13 (complete) bound in 3 vol., edited by André Breton and Pierre Mabille, numerous plates (some colour, some tipped-in) and illustrations, lacks first 3 leaves of issue no. 8, modern vellum-backed boards, gilt lettered "Minotaure" on spine, publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in (lacking lower cover of no. 2, small loss to upper cover of no. 8), 4to (302 x 240mm.), Paris, Albert Skira, 1933-1939

Co-edited by André Breton, Minotaure was an expensively produced journal, which whilst 'not exclusively Surrealist in orientation, was faithful to the Surrealist spirit. The periodical's appeal for the mainstream art public gained wider recognition for the movement, especially with its feature articles on architecture, not commonly found in other Surrealist publications' (Guggenheim, website). Each issue has an artist-designed cover, including designs by Picasso, Miró, Duchamp, Magritte, Ernst, Masson, Matisse, and Diego Rivera.