A boatload of madmen : surrealism and the American avant-garde, 1920-1950 /

Tashjian, Dickran.

A boatload of madmen : surrealism and the American avant-garde, 1920-1950 / Dickran Tashjian. - London : Thames & Hudson, 2001. - xx, 424p., [32]p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.

Originally published: New York; London: Thames & Hudson, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-413) and index.

This cultural history tells the story of Surrealism's remarkable sea change, from a fiercely leftist, strongly literary, avant-garde movement into an apolitical, almost exclusively visual style.

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Surrealism--History.--United States
Arts, Modern--United States.--20th century

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