$82.98
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2010
Summary
Leonora Carrington: A Surreal Life
This book remains the definitive survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011).
Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936, when, as a precocious nineteen-year-old debutante, she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andre Breton, who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical, dark and sa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848220560 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848220561 |
| Author: | Susan L. Aberth |
| Publisher: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2010 |
| Weight: | 880g |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 249mm x 14mm |
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“Documentary photographs and high-quality illustrations of many rarely exhibited works from private collections make this long overdue work essential for all art collections.” – Choice
‘Documentary photographs and high-quality illustrations of many rarely exhibited works from private collections make this long overdue work essential for all art collections.’ Choice ‘Richly illustrated and the first to fully explore the artist’s life and work, this important book is recommended for all libraries specializing in art and art history.’ Library Journal ‘… full of stunning colour reproductions of Carrington’s visionary art, whose hybrid forms borrow from nature, culture and religion in order to take themselves beyond all three. A beautiful book, and one that has had far too little attention.’ Ali Smith, The Sunday Telegraph
About The Author
Susan L. Aberth
Susan L. Aberth received her PhD in Art History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; her dissertation was on the art of Leonora Carrington. She is currently Assistant Professor of Art History at Bard College, New York, where she specializes in Latin American Art.
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