Paperback
2004 · New York
by Ades, Dawn and Michael R. Taylor
New York: Philadelphia Museum of Art / Rizzoli, 2004. Paperback. VG. Black wraps with color illustration and white lettering; 607 pp. with 268 color and bw illustrations. Issued in conjunction with several 2004-2005 exhibitions of artwork rendered by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali (1904-1989), in honor of his centennial. "Salvador Dali is the central figure in surrealism and one of the most eccentric artists of the modern age. A brilliant painter and draughtsman, Dali described his style as 'paranoid-critical'. Sexual and religious content is mixed with highly subjective and personal sensations. Death, decay and destruction are repeated themes." "Dali's life was marred with an early identity crisis, which led to him living his life oscillating between exaggerated self-promotion and psychological self-destruction. Gala, his wife and muse, had to save him from many crises. Meanwhile, Dali invented himself as a commercial object."--Jacket.
(Inventory #: 113414)