Shipped From Country United Kingdom

Sellers ID GardBooks B - 245

Media Condition New

Sleeve Condition New

Question-Contact Seller

Comments
New Store Stock

Description
'Describes with plenty of colour how surrealism, from Rene Magritte's bowler hats to Salvador Dali's watches, was born and developed' The TimesDuring 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. 'Supercharged.

Highly colourful . . .

they're all here, the big names of the time - behaving badly, and, at times, quite madly too' Observer'Roe is a talented writer, fascinated by la vie Boheme. She can find phrases that perfectly capture the feeling of a neighbourhood' Sunday Times'Brings together some of the chief protagonists in one of the 20th century's most inventive art movements. A vivid read' Radio Times'A skilled and graceful writer' Daily Telegraph

When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong.

Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.

Gift Ideas

This is a great Christmas gift idea.

Hours of Service

We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday.

This is new and unplayed

New unplayed