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Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous
Dawn Ades
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Description for Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 404 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1516.
This book brings together over 160 of the finest surrealist artworks by legendary artists including Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro and Man Ray. The works hail from the four renowned and extraordinary private collections of Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, and together offer a superb overview of surrealist art. Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so. The sheer quality of the works acquired ... Read more
This book brings together over 160 of the finest surrealist artworks by legendary artists including Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro and Man Ray. The works hail from the four renowned and extraordinary private collections of Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, and together offer a superb overview of surrealist art. Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so. The sheer quality of the works acquired ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Galleries Of Scotland
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1516g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906270971
SKU
V9781906270971
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About Dawn Ades
Dawn Ades has curated numerous international exhibitions on Surrealism and Dada. She is a Fellow of the British Academy, a former trustee of Tate and was awarded a CBE in 2013 for her services to art history. Elizabeth Cowling is Honorary Fellow in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She was the principal author of Surrealism and After: ... Read more
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