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0500236879 :
0500974160
Name
Tashjian, Dickran, 1940-
Title
A boatload of madmen : surrealism and the American avant-garde, 1920-1950 / Dickran Tashjian.
Published
New York, NY : Thames and Hudson, 1995.
1995
Description
xx, 424 p., [32] p. of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index (p.415).
Contents
1. First American Phases of Surrealism -- 2. The First Papers of Surrealism -- 3. Surrealism in the Service of Fashion -- 4. Man Ray on the Margin -- 5. Surrealism on the American Left -- 6. The Prison-House of Politics: Poetry on the Left -- 7. View and the Surrealist Exiles in New York -- 8. A Season for Surrealism and Its Affinities -- 9. Joseph Cornell, "The Enchanted Wanderer" -- 10. Arshile Gorky's Ethnicity and Surrealism -- 11. The Secret Script of Jackson Pollock -- 12. Conclusion: Out of the Labyrinth.
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Tells the story of surrealism's remarkable sea charge during its years in the United States, from a fiercely leftist, strongly literary, avant-garde movement into an apolitical, visual style.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
Art, American -- 20th century
Surrealism -- United States -- History
Surrealism -- United States
Arts, American -- 20th century
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