Description
Museum of Modern Art, Published 1965. Wraps, 80 pp.; 25 cm; Second Printing; illustrated with 72 reproductions of Magritte's work, 15 in color.
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Condition & notes
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial wraps with Duane Michals double-portrait photograph of the artist on front cover. Light bumping to edges; mild shelf wear and some soiling to back cover. Binding tight. Text clean and unmarked throughout, plates bright. Rear endpaper toned along top edge with a vertical crease. Otherwise unmarked.Catalogue of the 1965 Museum of Modern Art retrospective of Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte (1898-1967), shown at MoMA and four other American institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pasadena Art Museum. Text by James Thrall Soby surveys the artist's life, development, and recurring symbols. Exhibition comprised 82 works.Contents: Acknowledgements; Text by James Thrall Soby; Brief Chronology; Bibliography; Lenders to the Exhibition; Catalogue.