Hardcover
2011 · Basel, Switzerland
by Büttner, Phiulippe et al.
Basel, Switzerland: Hatje Cantz, 2011. English. Hardcover. New/Sealed. Light gray & color illus. wraps, French flaps, illus. flyleaves, 289 pp., profusely illustrated, chiefly in color. Issued in conjunction with a 2011 exhibition of examples of surrealist art. With many thematic and illustrated essays, whose subjects cover both artists and collectors: Ernst Beyeler, Andre Breton, Joan Miro, Max Ernst, Meret Oppenheim, Victor Brauner, Yves Tanguy, Simone Breton, Peggy Guggenheim, Raoul Ubac, Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, the 1938 Exposition, and more. Includes a chronology of surrealism, an exhibition checklist, and a plethora of examples of surrealistic art. Uncommon.
(Inventory #: 176031)