Mad Love has been acknowledged an undisputed classic of the surrealist movement since its first publication in France in 1937.
André Breton and his brother Louis-André were among the first daguerreotypists in Paris in 1839. The Breton brothers operated a studio at rue Servandoni 4, Paris, where they manufactured optical instruments along with instruments for physics, chemistry, and mathematics. They also had a shop at rue Petit-Bourbon 9, where they sold insruments and daguerreotypes..