Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York

Washington D.C., New York, and Munich: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2015. Pictorial boards, 192 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles; 29 cm. Catalogue published in conjunction of the exhibition, "Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York," organized and held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., October 29, 2015 to February 15, 2016. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This book delineates a dialogue between the two dominant modes of sculpture that evolved in tandem within the surrealist movement - found-object assemblages and nature-inspired biomorphism. The book offers a continuous narrative of contributions by both European and American surrealist artists from the early 1920s through the late 1940s. Artists from France, Germany, Britain, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States established Surrealism as transnational from the outset. Key artists who incorporated found objects in their works include Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, Hans Bellmer, and Joseph Cornell. The biomorphists encompass Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Isamu Noguchi. In addition, Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder and David Smith, are highlighted for their game-changing innovations that influenced the evolution of modern sculpture. Nearly two hundred illustrations and a selection of historical texts accompany the insightful essay and chronology by Valerie J. Fletcher. Fans of Surrealism and those new to the genre will appreciate this book's in-depth approach to its innovative and influential three-dimensional masterpieces." - Publisher. CONTENTS: 1. SURREALIST SCULPTURE; The Surrealist quest; Formation in Paris, 1919-24; Period of experimentation, 1924-29; Objects: the real as unreal; Biomorphism goes international; Women as objects and exhibitions as environments; New life in the New World; Dream world in a box; Landscapes of the mind; Industrial-strength Surrealism; Epilogue; 2. HISTORICAL TEXTS; Poems by Jean Arp; Andre Breton, "Manifesto of Surrealism"; Rene Magritte, "Words and images"; Salvador Dali, "The object as revealed in Surrealist experiment"; The abridged dictionary of Surrealism; Poems by David Smith; 3. CHRONOLOGY; 4. EXHIBITION CHECKLIST.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Collectible.