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ARTISTS' WRITINGS, LETTERS AND INTERVIEWS

PUBLISHER
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 448 pgs / 34 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2002

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780878466283 TRADE
List Price: $29.95 CAD $39.95 GBP £27.00

AVAILABILITY
Not available

TERRITORY
WORLD

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André Breton: Surrealism And Painting

Introduction by Mark Polizzotti.

Originally published in 1928 and augmented throughout the author's life, Surrealism and Painting is the single most important statement ever written on Surrealist art. While many pages have been devoted to visual Surrealism, this is the only book on the subject by the movement's founder and prime theorist. It contains André Breton's seminal treatise on the origins and foundations of artistic Surrealism, with his trenchant assessments of its precursors and practitioners, and his call for the plastic arts to "refer to a purely internal model," to excavate the "dark continent" of consciousness. Also included are essays--many of them classics in their own right--on Picasso, Duchamp, Kahlo, Dali, Ernst, Masson, Gorky, Picabia, Miro, Magritte, Kandinsky, Hantai and others, as well as pieces on Gallic art, outsider art and the folk arts of Haiti and Oceania. But above and beyond the subject matter, what makes this book so enduringly compelling is Breton's signature mixture of rigorous erudition and visceral passion, his sense of art as adventure, and his discoveries of many of Modernism's most prominent figures early in their careers. Long unavailable in English, Surrealism and Painting is not only a supremely exciting work of art criticism, but also one of the three or four indispensable references for any serious discussion of modern art.
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art

CONCERNING THE SPIRITUAL IN ART

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878467020
USD $27.50
| CAD $37.5 UK £ 24.5

Pub Date: 7/1/2006
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The Blaue Reiter Almanac

THE BLAUE REITER ALMANAC

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878467006
USD $22.50
| CAD $25 UK £ 20

Pub Date: 11/15/2005
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Paul Gauguin: Letters To His Wife And Friends

PAUL GAUGUIN: LETTERS TO HIS WIFE AND FRIENDS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466658
USD $17.95
| CAD $20

Pub Date: 9/2/2003
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André Breton: Surrealism And Painting

ANDRé BRETON: SURREALISM AND PAINTING

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466283
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 9/2/2002
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Futurist Manifestos

FUTURIST MANIFESTOS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466276
USD $17.95
| CAD $25.5 UK £ 15.99

Pub Date: 10/2/2001
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Julien Levy: Memoir Of An Art Gallery

JULIEN LEVY: MEMOIR OF AN ART GALLERY

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466535
USD $22.50
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
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Kahnweiler: My Galleries And Painters

KAHNWEILER: MY GALLERIES AND PAINTERS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466528
USD $20.95
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 9/2/2003
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Roger Shattuck: The Innocent Eye

ROGER SHATTUCK: THE INNOCENT EYE

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466542
USD $22.50
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 9/2/2003
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Camille Pissarro: Letters To His Son Lucien

CAMILLE PISSARRO: LETTERS TO HIS SON LUCIEN

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466481
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Pub Date: 9/2/2002
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Eugene Delacroix: Selected Letters, 1813-1863

EUGENE DELACROIX: SELECTED LETTERS, 1813-1863

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466320
USD $19.95
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
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Apollinaire On Art

APOLLINAIRE ON ART

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466269
USD $19.95
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
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Stieglitz: A Memoir/Biography

STIEGLITZ: A MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466498
USD $22.50
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 9/2/2002
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Art in Its Own Terms

ART IN ITS OWN TERMS

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/artWorks

ISBN: 9780878467433
USD $22.50
| CAD $31 UK £ 20

Pub Date: 12/1/2008
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Utopia Parkway: The Life And Work Of Joseph Cornell

UTOPIA PARKWAY: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JOSEPH CORNELL

MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

ISBN: 9780878466849
USD $23.50
| CAD $25

Pub Date: 11/2/2004
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