Title: Protestation
Description: Leaflet denouncing Max Ernst and Joan Miró for having betrayed the revolutionary principles of the Surrealist movement in collaborating with the Ballets russes, as set designers for Serge Diaghilev's Romeo and Juliet. At the Paris opening night, 18 May 1926 at the Theâtre Sarah Bernhardt, demonstrators under the leadership of Louis Aragon and André Breton shouted and blew whistles as copies of this leaflet were showered onto the audience.
Subjects: Friends and associates, Surrealist artists, Attitudes, Public opinion, Surrealism, Surréalisme, Ballets russes, Ballets russes de Serge Diaghilev
Places: France
People: Max Ernst (1891-1976), Joan Miró (1893-1983), Serge de Diaghilev (1872-1929)