| Description |
256 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2013-Jan. 12, 2014, the Menil Collection, Houston, Feb. 14-June 1, 2014, and at the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29-Oct. 12, 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 252) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Introduction : Magritte's essential surrealist years 1926-1938 / Anne Umland, Stephanie D'Alessandro, and Josef Helfenstein -- "This is how marvels begin" : Brussels 1926-1927 / Anne Umland -- Plates 1-32 -- "A lightning flash is smoldering beneath the bowler hats" : Paris 1927-1930 / Josef Helfenstein with Clare Elliott -- Plates 33-91 -- "Once the image is isolated, what happens to the mind?" : Brussels 1930-1936 / Michel Draguet and Claude Goormans -- Plates 92-115 -- "Mirrors that become paintings" : Magritte's commissions for Edward James : London 1937-1938 / Stephanie D'Alessandro -- Plates 116-132 -- Chronology 1926-1938 / Compiled by Danielle M. Johnson -- Catalogue of the exhibition -- Selected bibliography -- Index of plates and figures -- Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art. |
| Subject |
Magritte, René, 1898-1967 -- Exhibitions.
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Magritte, René, 1898-1967. |
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Magritte, René, 1898-1967.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Surrealism -- Belgium -- Exhibitions.
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Surrealism. |
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Belgium. |
| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Umland, Anne, editor.
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D'Alessandro, Stephanie, contributor.
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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
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Art Institute of Chicago.
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| Added Title |
Mystery of the ordinary, 1926-1938 |
| ISBN |
9780870708657 cloth |
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0870708651 |
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9780870708985 paperback |
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0870708988 paperback |
| Standard No. |
MoMA 2262 |
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