The artwork caught by the tail : Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris / George Baker.
The artwork caught by the tail : Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris / George Baker.
The artwork caught by the tail : Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris / George Baker.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2007.
Call Numbers
N709.04062/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvii, 476 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction. Universal prostitution -- Le saint des saints: Dada drawing -- The artwork caught by the tail: Dada -- Painting -- Keep smiling: Dada photography -- Prolem sine matre creatam: Dada -- Abstraction -- Intermission: Dada cinema -- Epilogue. Long live daddy: a Dada montage.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2007.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
Along the way, Baker describes a series of nearly forgotten objects and events, from the almost lunatic range of the Paris Dada "manifestations" to Picabia's polemical writings; from a lost work by Picabia in the form of a hole (called, suggestively, The Young Girl ) to his "painting" Cacodylic Eye, covered in autographs by luminaries ranging from...
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The artwork caught by the tail : Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris / George Baker.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
N709.04062/5
Record Identifier
74VKzxwVveDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzxwVveDO
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ISBN
026202618X (hbk.) :
9780262026185 (hbk.) :
DDC
709.04062
MMS ID
991023605629702626
