Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) and Paul Eluard (1895-1952)
Lot 109 Beyond Boundaries: Avant-Garde Masterworks from a European Collection

Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) and Paul Eluard (1895-1952)

Papillons Dada

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Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) and Paul Eluard (1895-1952)
Papillons Dada
printed paper
Each: 2 ¾ x 4 ¼ in. (6.9 x 10.7 cm.)
Executed circa 1919-1920
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Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owners, circa 1970.

Specialist note

The Papillons Dada, an ephemeral series of four broadsides with texts attributed to Paul Eluard and Tristan Tzara, were issued by the Paris Dada group in December 1919. These printed papers were intended for general distribution, the first such use of leaflets as a form of advertisement in the artistic field and one that would be significant for the Dada movement and later the Surrealists.