Bibliograph

In Montparnasse, the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali, Sue Roe

Type

Label

In Montparnasse, the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali, Sue Roe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In Montparnasse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1091692428

Responsibility statement

Sue Roe

Sub title

the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali

Summary

During the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle of Dada and Surrealism. In this crowd biography, Sue Roe tells the story - from Duchamp to Dali, via Man Ray and Max Ernst - of the salons and cafes, alliances and feuds, love affairs and scandals, successes and suicides of one of the most important and long-lasting artistic achievements of the twentieth century

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