Editing André Breton (section)

==Legacy==
===Breton as a collector===
Breton was an avid collector of art, [[ethnography|ethnographic]] material, and unusual trinkets. He was particularly interested in materials from the northwest coast of North America.<ref>Fabrice Flahutez (dir.), Marie Mauzé (dir.), André Breton, carnet de voyage chez les indiens Hopi, Paris : Éditions Hermann, 2024 280 p. (ISBN 9791037039248)</ref> During a [[financial crisis]] he experienced in 1931, most of his collection (along with that of his friend Paul Éluard) was auctioned. He subsequently rebuilt the collection in his studio and home at 42 rue Fontaine. The collection grew to over 5,300 items: modern paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, books, art catalogs, journals, manuscripts, and works of popular and Oceanic art.<ref>''André Breton, 42, rue Fontaine: tableaux modernes, sculptures, estampes, tableaux anciens''. Paris: CalmelsCohen, 2003.<!--ISSN/ISBN needed, if any--></ref>

French anthropologist [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] endorsed Breton's skill in authentication based on their time together in 1940s New York.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/industrial-revolution/genesis-of-twentieth-century-design/432-andre-breton |title=André Breton |last=Douglas |first=Ava |website=www.historygraphicdesign.com |language=en-gb |access-date=2019-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212123827/http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/industrial-revolution/genesis-of-twentieth-century-design/432-andre-breton |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

After Breton's death on 28 September 1966, his third wife, Elisa, and his daughter, Aube, allowed students and researchers access to his archive and collection. After thirty-six years, when attempts to establish a surrealist foundation to protect the collection were opposed, the collection was auctioned by Calmels Cohen at Drouot-Richelieu. A wall of the apartment is preserved at the [[Centre Georges Pompidou]].<ref>"Surrealist Art", Centre Pompidou - Art Culture Mus. 11 March 2010. [http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-surrealistart-EN/ENS-surrealistart-EN.htm centrepompidou.fr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209210446/http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-surrealistart-EN/ENS-surrealistart-EN.htm|date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Ricostruzione_dello_studio_di_andré_breton.JPG|thumb|right|Reconstructed wall of Breton's studio at the Centre Pompidou]]

Nine previously partly unpublished manuscripts, including the ''Manifeste du surréalisme'', were auctioned by [[Sotheby's]] in May 2008.<ref name="ArtDaily">{{cite news |url=http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23096 |title=Nine Manuscripts by André Breton at Sotheby's Paris |date=20 May 2008 |publisher=ArtDaily.org |access-date=28 March 2009 |archive-date=31 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531215046/http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23096 |url-status=live }}</ref>