Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous: Works from the Collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch
Gorgen, Annabelle, and Hartley, Keith, and Van Kampen-Prein, Saskia (Edited by); Ades, Dawn, et al. (Contributions by)
Language: English
Published by National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2016
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264 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 30 cm. Exhibition held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, from June 4 to September 11, 2016; and other venues. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This book brings together over 160 of the finest surrealist artworks by legendary artists including Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Joan Miro and Man Ray. The works hail from the four renowned and extraordinary private collections of Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, and together offer a superb overview of surrealist art. Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so. The sheer quality of the works acquired (and, in the case of the Pietzsches, still being acquired) is astonishing and, while passionate about their private visions, all the collectors have been mindful of contributing something to the public good. The collections complement each other to an extraordinary degree and allow us to follow some of the artists' careers from beginning to end. By uniting them, exciting new juxtapositions emerge along with a fuller and richer picture of the surrealist movement as a whole." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Roland Penrose; Roland Penrose: Private Passions for the Public Good, by Keith Hartley; Roland Penrose: The Quiet Collector, by Antony Penrose; Edward James; A `Born' Surrealist: Edward James as Collector, Artists' Friend and Patron of the Arts, by Desiree De Chair; Edward James: The Pleasure Principle, by Hubertus Gassner; Now or Never! The Edward James Foundation Makes Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen a Unique Offer, by Saskia Van Kampen-Prein; Gabrielle Keiller; Gabrielle Keiller Collects, by Elizabeth Cowling; How Surrealism Came to Scotland, by Richard Calvocoressi; Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch; `Think, Examine and Decide': Living with Art The Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection in the Context of Reception of Surrealism in Germany, by Annabelle Gorgen. Size: 4to. …
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- Title
- Surreal Encounters: Collecting the Marvellous: Works from the Collections of Roland Penrose, Edward James, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch
- Author
- Gorgen, Annabelle, and Hartley, Keith, and Van Kampen-Prein, Saskia (Edited by); Ades, Dawn, et al. (Contributions by)
- Publisher
- National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Fine
- Book Type
- Collectible
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 190627097X
- ISBN 13
- 9781906270971
- Seller catalogs
- European::8. Modern, 1900-1945, European::9. Contemporary, European::British & Irish, European::French, European::German, Austrian & Swiss, Movements::Surrealism, New Books, Patronage::Individual Collectors, XXX::COLLECTIBLES, XXXL: Jumbo
- This book brings together some of the world's finest surrealist artworks from four renowned and extraordinary private collections
- Many of the works featured have rarely been seen in public
- By bringing together works from these collections, the oeuvres of the artists are presented in a new light and some of their careers seen from beginning to end
"'The marvellous is always beautiful,' reads a sign on the wall of the Scottish National Museum of Modern Art. This stirring slogan, by Andre Breton, from his Manifesto of Surrealism, sets the tone for this fascinating, mind expanding exhibition." - BBC Arts
"Outstanding... The finest spread of surrealist art - paintings and objects - to be seen in Britain since the momentous Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design show at the V&A in 2007." - Sunday Times
This book brings together over 160 of the finest surrealist artworks by legendary artists including Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró and Man Ray. The works hail from the four renowned and extraordinary private collections of Edward James, Roland Penrose, Gabrielle Keiller and Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch, and together offer a superb overview of surrealist art. Ten essays explore the different origins, historical contexts and creative urges behind these collections. Artworks, perhaps more than anything else that one can acquire, are objects of desire and surrealist artworks even more so.
The sheer quality of the works acquired (and, in the case of the Pietzsches, still being acquired) is astonishing and, while passionate about their private visions, all the collectors have been mindful of contributing something to the public good. The collections complement each other to an extraordinary degree and allow us to follow some of the artists' careers from beginning to end. By uniting them, exciting new juxtapositions emerge along with a fuller and richer picture of the surrealist movement as a whole.
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