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Magic Art

By Andre Breton, Merlin Cox (Editor), Robert Shehu-Ansell (Editor), Anne Egger (Preface by), Dawn Ades (Text by), Krzysztof Fijalkowski (Text by), Kristoffer Noheden (Text by), Dawn Ades (Translator), Krzysztof Fijalkowski (Translator), Michael Richardson (Translator)
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By Andre Breton, Merlin Cox (Editor), Robert Shehu-Ansell (Editor), Anne Egger (Preface by), Dawn Ades (Text by), Krzysztof Fijalkowski (Text by), Kristoffer Noheden (Text by), Dawn Ades (Translator), Krzysztof Fijalkowski (Translator), Michael Richardson (Translator)
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Breton’s late treatise on magic and art appears for the first time in English, complete with citations, commentaries and a bibliography

What is “Magic Art”? In 1953, André Breton, founder of the Surrealist movement, was invited by a prestigious French publisher to explore answers to this question. His resulting analysis is wide-ranging and evocative. Beginning with a literary review of magic and art, Breton draws upon Novalis and Baudelaire before considering the prehistoric rock art of Spai...

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Art, Architecture & PhotographyArt - History & CriticismGeneral & Miscellaneous ArtIndividual Artists