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“Sun and Flesh (Credo in Unam)” 

Arthur Rimbaud

1870

 

translated by Oliver Bernard
English translation © Oliver Bernard

 



Lines from this poem accompanied paintings and works on paper such as 
Salut, délire! (Hail, Delirium!) (1979) in the exhibition "Dorothea Tanning: Murmurs" at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, organized in collaboration with Alison Jacques Gallery, London (May 11 - June 27, 2015).  The show explored echoes of myths and legends in Tanning’s work through poetry, with examples of poems that were especially meaningful to the artist.  

J. D. McClatchy wrote a  tribute to Dorothea Tanning for the show and recorded the poems included in the gallery.  View a gallery of images here and listen to his reading of the full poem below.



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