Published by the book-dealer Jean-Jacques Pauvert from October 1956 to spring 1959, Le Surréalisme, même constitutes a major surrealist magazine of the postwar period. André Breton seeks to give new impulsion to Surrealism and brings together different generations of surrealists or works with artists close to the movement (and Pierre Molinier, known for his photo-montage, makes the cover of the second issue).
The title of the revue, stopped after 5 issues - which makes its rarity, is an allusion to the painting project of Marcel Duchamp, "La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même" (read a project description, in french, here). Note that the first issue, contains an extra: Les Détraqués by P.-L. Palau, a piece that fascinated Breton and to which he devotes several pages in Nadja (one can understand why the story seduced the founder of the Surrealism : a morphine addict teacher, prone to homicidal madness crisis and sexual perversion, runs wild in a college, among girls decents in every ways.)
Actuellement, la librairie Loliée propose :
- [REVUE]. Le Surréalisme, même. n° 1 (octobre 1956) à n° 5 (Printemps 1959). Paris, Librairie Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 5 volumes in-8 carré, brochés, couvertures illustrées. Collection complète de cette revue surréaliste majeure de l'après-guerre dirigée par André Breton.
