Very comprehensive history of the movement largely based on the group's documents: manifestos, edicts, articles, and speeches. Unfortunately that means that the individual participants remain sketchy (Breton coming across the clearest) and there's next to nothing about the art. Still, an impressive feat, particularly since it came out in France in 1945, not the most amenable era for scholarly research. ( )

Un livre clair et concis sur l'histoire de ce mouvement artistique que j'avais lu à l'IEP d'Aix-en-Provence, en 1986. ( )