The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
Chadwick, Whitney
| Publication Date |
2017 |
| Publisher |
Thames and Hudson Ltd, |
| Binding |
Hardback |
| Condition |
Near fine, bright copy in like dust jacket |
| SKU |
26076 |
| Notes |
Very clean, bright and neat. |
Description
Hardback. First edition. Considers five sets of literary and artistic friendships: Valentine Penrose and Alice Rahon Paalen, India, 1937; Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini, Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche, 1938-41; Frida Kahlo and Jacqueline Lamba Breton, Mexico and Paris, 1938-45; Claude Cahun, Suzanne Malherbe, and Jacqueline Lamba Breton, Jersey, 1938-45; Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose, 1940-78. It also features art dealers such as Peggy Guggenheim, Julien Levy and Betty Parsons as well as male artists and writers such Guillaume Aopollinaire, André Breton, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, among others. With 85 illustrations. 256pp. Detailed index. Brief bibliography.
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