Surrealist prints
By: edited by Gilbert Kaplan ; essays, Timothy Baum, Riva Castleman, Robert Rainwater.
Contributors: Kaplan, Gilbert E.; Baum, Timothy.; Castleman, Riva.; Rainwater, Robert.; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center.
Publisher: Distributed by Harry N. Abrams
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Kaplan, Gilbert E. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions; Surrealism -- Europe -- Exhibitions; Prints, European -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Prints -- Private collections -- United States -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Other titles: Visionary states.
Description: This volume was compiled and edited by Gilbert Kaplan, the world's foremost collector of surrealist prints.

Two insightful essays provide fresh perspectives on the subject: Timothy Baum, a leading authority on surrealism, chronicles the history of surrealist printmaking, and Robert Rainwater, assistant director of art, prints, and photographs at the New York Public Library, examines the relationship between surrealist artists and poets of the era, since many outstanding surrealist prints were created as book illustrations.

In addition, Riva Castleman, former chief curator of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, surveys American collections of surrealist art. The superb reproductions (many in full color) feature works by twenty-three artists, including Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson, Matta Echaurren, Victor Brauner, and Paul Delvaux.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, Sept. 17, 1996-Jan. 5, 1997.
Rev. ed. of: Visionary states. 1996.