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This is an exceptionally well researched and presented book on the Surrealists with emphasis on their personal relationships and their political flirtation with Communism. The first part of the book emphasizes the poetic beginnnings of Surrealism, the second part the visual counterparts as exemplified by the paintings by Salvador Dali and the films by Luis Bunuel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book was given to the Sackners by Jindrich Toman, a cousin of a friend of the Sackners, Robert Bovet.Book Descrption: "Czech poet and photographer Jindrich Heisler (1914--1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career"”Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight"”he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41).This gorgeously illustrated volume"”with eighty color images of Heisler's assemblage pieces"”introduces English-speaking audiences to his work, translating many of his writings for the first time and offering in-depth analysis of his postwar years in Paris in the company of Andre Breton, Benjamin Peret, the...

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This novel is based on the Surrealist and Dada game called Exquisite Corpse in which each player draws a section of the human body on a pleated piece of paper so that no one knows until it is unfolded what creature will emerge. It has been called a landmark for gay literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book reproduces all the graphic works by Malevich including those in the cubo-futurist books. Karshan also annotates the printing process used to make the prints and includes paintings related to the prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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First published in French in 1930. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of a surrealistic novel illustrated with seemingly unrelated photocopied photomontages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Neither the edition size of the book nor the edition size of the print is provided. The book reproduces Topor's drawings mostly in black and white, several of which are erotic in imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This publication is RWC 33. Edited by Lawrence Upton. RWC is an acronym for Read Write Create. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition included Chashnik's design for the cover of a book by Gorki on Lenin (page 237); an alternative is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the program for the performance of the opera. The Sackners saw the original American performance in and lent several books to the concurrent exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The book "Wolves at the Door" was composed by mike dobbie with drawings by nick james & jeff nuttall. 10p. It was published by poet & peasant books. 8 findhorn ave, hayes, m'sex.; the signed edition available at £1.00. The book is long out of print but the Sackners managed to purchase a copy in 2015. mike dobbie was the editor of Fiz and the Sackner Archive holds issues No.1 & 2. The book depicts three of the four Nuttall's drawings -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.