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Surrealist's collection to be sold despite outcry 02 Apr 2003 12:02 By Caroline Brothers PARIS (Reuters) - Some 5,500 objects considered talismans of the French Surrealist movement from Breton to Magritte will go on sale in Paris this month despite an outcry from artists opposed to splitting up the works. The entire contents of poet Andre Breton's 70-square-metre workshop, except for a wall of "primitive" art objects which has been donated to Paris's Pompidou Centre, are going under the hammer because his descendants can no longer manage the legacy. The sale at famed auction house Drouot is expected to fetch...