Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1937. second. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt design on front cover, 294 pp. 240+ bw plates. Good+ (tanning overall to pages and block edges with staining inside end pages, interior is otherwise clean) shadow of old label at base of spine. Item #4896
A wonderful catalogue, with over 200 bw plates depicting Surrealist and Fantastic art from the 16th century on forward, with the emphasis on the 20th century. This is the second, revised edition printed in July, 1937. Includes essays by Alfred H. Barr, Georges Hugnet, a brief chronology of the Dada and Surrealist movements, bibliography, catalogue of the exhibition, etc. One of the seminal MOMA exhibtions. The 1947 edition has changed in a few respects. It lists only those pictures which were illustrated, rather than the entire exhibition catalogue. The plates in the historical section have been rearranged. Contents: Acknowledgments -- Preface to the first edition / by A.H. Barr, Jr. -- Introduction / by A.H.B., Jr. -- Dada / by Georges Hugnet -- In the light of surrealism / by Georges Hugnet -- Brief chronology / by Elodie Courter and A.H.B., Jr. -- A list of devices, techniques, media -- Plates -- Catalog of the exhibition -- Fantastic and surrealist films in the Museum of Modern Art Film Library (p. 287-288) -- Brief bibliography (p. 289-292) -- Index.
OCLC: 1360391
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