THE HISTORY OF SURREALIST PAINTING.

JEAN, Marcel (with the collaboration of Arpad Mezei). Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London, 1960

Beschreibung

24x21cm. First English edition. Critical study of the complete creative history of surrealist art, by artist in the movement from 1932 to 1952; covering all techniques such as collage, fumage, grattage, papiers déchirés, decalcomania, rayograms, objets trouvés, exquisite corpses, etc. 384pp with numerous illustrations including 36 in colour, and index. Hardback / hard cover: black cloth, backstrip titled in white, front cover titled on three paper inlays - in black & white on red paper, in white on green, and in red on yellow. Top- & fore-edges of text-block a little toned, top edge also with minor dust-coloured blemish of width up to 1.3cm and length 4cm. The whole slightly bowed. VERY GOOD copy in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket with trompe l'oeil design after a 1942 painting by the author, the front panel with three 'doors' that when opened reveal front cover title sections; original clear & colourless acetate overwrapper missing largish segment shared by rear panel and flap. (Heavy item, overseas shipping at cost.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27491

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE HISTORY OF SURREALIST PAINTING.

Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1960

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: 1. Auflage