Displaying the Marvelous: Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dalí, and Surrealist Exhibition Installations by Kachur, Lewis - 2001

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press , 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in two-tone, red and burgundy cloth, and with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xx [5], 6-25 pp., including several score wonderful photographs and illustrations. Page of Errata laid in. The context of the book is The Origin of Surrealist Exhibition Space: The 1938 Paris Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme -- Surrealism Goes to the Fair: Projects for an American Surrealist Display at the 1939 New York World's Fair. This volume explores the spectacle of three Surrealist installations. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.