Screen LibrarySurreal encounters : collecting the marvellous : works from the collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch /
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...
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National Galleries of Scotland,
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| Publisher Address: | Edinburgh : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
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 (and, in the case of the Pietzsches, still being acquired) is astonishing and, while passionate about their private visions, all the collectors have been mindful of contributing something to the public good. The collections complement each other to an extraordinary degree and allow us to follow some of the artists' careers from beginning to end. By uniting them, exciting new juxtapositions emerge along with a fuller and richer picture of the surrealist movement as a whole. |
| Item Description: | Publication includes works of Eileen Agar (1899-1991), Jean (Hans) Arp (1887-1966), Balthus (1908-2001), Hans Bellmer (1902-1975), Victor Brauner (1903-1966), André Breton (1896-1966), Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978), Joseph Cornell (1903-1972), Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Paul Delvaux (1897-1994), Oscar Dominguez (1906-1957), Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Max Ernst (1891-1976), Leonor Fini (1907-1996), Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Hannah Höch (1889-1978), Georges Hugnet (1906-1974), René Magritte (1898-1967), Man Ray (1890-1976), André Masson (1896-1987), Joan Miró (1893-1983), Henry Moore (1898-1986), Richard Oelze (1900-1980), Wolfgang Paalen (1905-1959), Roland Penrose (1900-1984), Valentine Penrose (1898-1978), Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Mark Rothko (1903-1970), Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962), Yves Tanguy (1900-1955), Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012). |
| Carrier Form: | 264 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781906270971 (paperback) : 190627097X (paperback) |
| Index Number: | N6494 |
| CLC: | J110.99-28 |
| Call Number: | J110.99-28/S962-1 |