Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School

Name: Surrealism in Exile and the Beginning of the New York School
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ISBN: 9780262193603

ISBN-10: 0262193604

ISBN-13: 9780262193603

Edition: 1995

Authors: Martica Sawin

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In this fascinating, detailed account of what was happening within Surrealism during the crucial years 1938-1947, Martica Sawin documents the cultural transfer that took place when the greater part of the prewar Surrealist group was transplanted to the Western Hemisphere. Sawin's year-by-year narrative pieces together when and how the refugees arrived and their various points of contact with the future abstract expressionists. It documents conclusively the roots of the New York School - a hybrid of startling vigor that brought world attention to the new American art for the first time - the evolution of the artworks involved, and the last brilliant flowering of Surrealist art. Interwoven…

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/18/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 482
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 4.180
Language: English



Introduction



France, 1938: The Railroad Station of the Imagination and the Dream



France, 1939: "The Curtain Has Risen on a Forest Fire"



New York, 1939: The Prepared Ground



France, 1940-1941: The Marseilles Game



New York, 1941: In a Land without Myth



New York, 1942: Veils and Transparents



The Mexican Connection



New York, 1943: A New Momentum Begins



New York, 1944-1945: Young Cherry Trees Secured against Hares



Paris, 1945-1947: In the Time of Lean Cows


Epilogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index