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Martinique: Snake Charmer (Surrealist Revolution Series)»rank: 460219by: Andre Breton
: :In 1941, as the Vichy regime consolidated its control of France, André Breton left the country for the island of Martinique. A poet and the principal founder of surrealism, Breton did not stay long, but his visit inspired the essays and poems of this book. Martinique: Snake Charmer is one of surrealism's most important texts, and it has been called 'the most beautiful of all books' about the island. (Martinique: Snake Charmer also includes nine evocative drawings by the surrealist André Masson, a companion of Breton's during his stay on the island.) First collected into a single volume in 1948 and in print in France ever since, this is the first English ... |
André Breton: Surrealism and Painting»rank: 643710by: Andre Breton, Alain Masson, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanguy, Francis Picabia, Max Ernst, André Breton
: :Originally published in 1928 and augmented throughout the author's life, Surrealism and Painting is the single most important statement ever written on Surrealist art. While many pages have been devoted to visual Surrealism, this is the only book on the suject by the movement's founder and prime theorist. It contains Andra Breton's seminal treatise on the origins and foundations of artistic Surrealism, with his trenchant assessments of its precursors and practitioners, and his call for the plastic arts to 'refer to a purely internal model.' Also included are essays--many of them classics in their own right--on Picasso, Duchamp, Kahlo, Dal', Ernst, Masson, Gorky, Picabia, MirA, Magritte, Kandinsky, and others, as well as ... |
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Surrealism Usa»rank: 619010by: Scott Rothkopf, Robert Lubar, Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Peter Blume, Arshile Gorky, Andre Masson, Kay Sage, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst
: :While Surrealism became unfashionable in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed increasing popularity across the Atlantic at the same time. Surrealism USa, the catalogue to the exhibition at the National Academy of Design, Surrealism USA, traces the history of this movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s by examining its manifestations throughout the country--from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dal' on American art, the Surrealists' response to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism and abstract art. With over 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, this definitive survey brings together the work ... |
Paintings by Monet - March 15 through May 11, 1975»rank: 3793894by: Claude; Maxon, John (Foreword) ; Wise, Susan (editor) ; Essays by Masson, André, Seiberling, Grace; Marandel, J. Patrice Monet
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
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Almanach De Paris an 2000»rank: 3793894by: Andre; Masson, Jean Beucler
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
Andre Masson»rank: 3793894by: Andre Masson
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
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Andre Masson»rank: 3793894by: Andre; Et Al Masson
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
Andre Masson, 1896-1987»rank: 5849117by: Andre Masson
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
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Andre Masson, line unleashed: A retrospective exhibition of drawings at the Hayward Gallery, London»rank: 4956355by: Andre Masson
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |
Andre Masson: Line Unleashed -- a Retrospective Exhibition of Drawings»rank: 4956355by: Various; Andre Masson
: :Text block pristine; pages tight to spine - 122 works catalogued and illustrated in black and white; 8 color plates; 2 photos of Monet at Giverny. |