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New York.: Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, Inc., 1942.. Original publisher's yellow printed perforated glossy wrappers by Marcel Duchamp (see below), stapled as issued, front cover with monochrome reproduction photograph of a wall and five small circular holes (matching bullet holes in the wall) making visible the turquoise initial leaf, rear cover with monochrome reproduction photograph of cheese and title and exhibition details in green. . Small folio. (266 x 184 mm).. Leaf of wove turquoise paper with introductory texts by Breton in English and French and credits verso, leaf with list of sponsors verso, leaf with title with calligrammatic list of contributors verso, 'Foreword' by Sidney Janis and contents including monochrome vignettes, reproduction photographs and illustration throughout, printed text in English and French throughout, all on glossy white paper, final leaf of wove turquoise paper. An excellent copy of the seminal 1942 'Surrealism-in-Exile' exhibition catalogue.…
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New York: Coordinating Council of French Relief Societies, 1942. First edition. [49] pp. Stapled wrappers designed by Duchamp, cover punched with five holes, as issued. Corners a bit rubbed, abrasion to lower edge of front cover and first several leaves, minor edgewear.
Catalog of an exhibition held at 451 Madison Avenue, the Whitelaw Reid Mansion, in New York, October 14 to November 7, 1942. It was the first major show of Surrealist art in America and included work by Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Rene Magritte, Hans Arp, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Frida Kahlo, Joan Miro, Meret Oppenheim, Leonora Carrington, Andre Masson, Pablo Picasso, Kay Sage, and many others. Many of the artists, including Breton, Ernst, Carrington, and others, had fled to New York due to the war, and their presence there energized the Surrealist scene.
Catalog of an exhibition held at 451 Madison Avenue, the Whitelaw Reid Mansion, in New York, October 14 to November 7, 1942. It was the first major show of Surrealist art in America and included work by Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Yves Tanguy, Rene Magritte, Hans Arp, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Frida Kahlo, Joan Miro, Meret Oppenheim, Leonora Carrington, Andre Masson, Pablo Picasso, Kay Sage, and many others. Many of the artists, including Breton, Ernst, Carrington, and others, had fled to New York due to the war, and their presence there energized the Surrealist scene.
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