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A boatload of madmen : Surrealism and the American avant-garde 1920-1950

by Dickran Tashjian

This study examines the evolution of Surrealism in the United States from 1932 to 1945. It traces the movement's shift from a radical avant-garde to a commercialised visual style and explores its influence on the emergence of Abstract Expressionism.

Accession 23777 ISBN 0500974160 Publisher Thames & Hudson
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