Exécution du testament du marquis de Sade  

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Exécution du testament du marquis de Sade [1] (1959) is a performance by Jean Benoît for which Benoît made the costumes. The dark, grotesque characters wore sharp, seemingly-mechanical pieces mixing biomorphic, animalistic shapes that make the humans look like torture devices.

Breton mentioned Benoit in Surrealism and Painting: "STAND ASIDE to let the Marquis de Sade pass 'in his own likeness' and reinvented by Jean Benoît with all his powers." One sculpture called "Book Cover for Magnetic Fields" features demonic figures ripping an egg from a book.

Invitation card

Carte d'invitation au spectacle privé L'Exécution du testament du Marquis de Sade par Jean BENOIT , célébrée chez Joyce Mansour dans le cadre de l'Exposition Internationale du surréalisme de décembre 1959-Janvier 1960 à la Galerie Daniel Cordier.

Notes

Au terme de cette présentation, il s'applique sur la poitrine un fer rougi portant les quatre lettres SADE. Matta fait de même.

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