Le Surréalisme en 1947
Jean (Hans) Arp
French, born Germany (Alsace). 1886–1966
Hans Bellmer
German, 1902–1975
Victor Brauner
Romanian, 1903–1966
Serge Brignoni
Swiss, 1903–2002
Alexander Calder
American, 1898–1976
Bruno Capacci
Italian, 1906–1996
Suzanne van Damme
Belgian, 1901–1986
Julio de Diego
American, 1900–1979
Enrico Donati
American, born Italy. 1909–2008
Marcel Duchamp
American, born France. 1887–1968
Max Ernst
French and American, born Germany. 1891–1976
David Hare
American, 1917–1992
Jacques Hérold
Romanian, 1910–1991
Marcel Jean
French, 1900–1993
Wifredo Lam
Cuban, 1902–1982
Jacqueline Lamba
French, 1910–1993
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
American, 1890–1976
Maria Martins
Brazilian, 1894–1973
Roberto Matta
Chilean, 1911–2002
Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893–1983
Yves Tanguy
American, born France. 1900–1955
Dorothea Tanning
American, 1910–2012
Toyen (Marie Čermínová)
French, born Bohemia. 1902–1980
Kay Sage
American, 1898–1963
1947
An illustrated book by Marcel Duchamp that stages a compact “exhibition” of Surrealist works through lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, a photogravure, and an inserted readymade object.
Opening the book reads like entering a small gallery: dense French text set opposite rows of small black-and-white reproductions and exhibition-like photographs, printed in soft gray halftones that give the pages a quiet, museum‑catalog presence.
By assembling reproductions and a ready‑made inside a book, Duchamp collapsed exhibition and reproduction into a single object, pushing the artist’s conceptual challenge to definitions of art and helping to found the modern artist’s book as a medium.
Medium
Illustrated book with eighteen lithographs, four etchings (two with aquatint), two woodcuts, one photogravure, and one ready-made object
Dimensions
page (each): 9 7/16 x 8" (24 x 20.3 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/16 x 8 3/4 x 1 5/8" (25.6 x 22.3 x 4.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Henry Church Fund
Accession
343.1947.1-26
Palette
Exhibitions
