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Subtitle: surrealist and modernist photography : the David Raymond collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art
By: Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker, and Lisa Kurzner
Contributors: Hinson, Tom E., writer of added text; Walker, Ian, 1952 May 15- writer of added text; Kurzner, Lisa, writer of added text
Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780300208610; 9781935294252
Subjects: Exhibitions; Photograph collections; Cleveland Museum of Art; Modernism (Art); Surrealism; Artistic Photography
Other titles: David Raymond collection in the Cleveland Museum of Art; Surrealist and modernist photography
Description: This handsomely illustrated volume is the public debut of the Surrealist photography collection of David Raymond that was recently acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Photography and its many techniques - photograms, montage, collage - played a vital role amongst Surrealist artists who sought to mine the unconscious and unsettle the everyday. Raymond's collection is distinctive in its breadth and quality and reflects the adventurous spirit of the movement's founder, Andre Breton. This book presents 178 vintage prints from the 1920s through the 1940s by artists from 14 countries. Works by notable artists including Brassai, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Dora Maar, and Man Ray are joined by rare examples by equally provocative but less well-known photographers. Essays by scholars Tom E. Hinson, Ian Walker and Lisa Kurzner provide analysis and context, exploring the philosophy behind Raymond's selections as well as the history, techniques and symbolism of the photographs. Exhibition: Cleveland Museum of Art, USA (19.10.2014-11.1.2015).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 19, 2014-January 11, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.