In Montparnasse: The Emergence of Surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali

By Sue Roe

Book Overview

During 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 024197660X
• ISBN13: 9780241976609
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 0.8" x 5.3"