Another world
Subtitle: Dalí, Magritte, Miró and the Surrealists
By: Patrick Elliott
Contributors: National Galleries of Scotland; Dean Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781906270308
Subjects: Surrealism; Exhibitions
Description: The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art's collection of Dada and Surrealism is regarded as one of the best and most complete in the world: it features masterpieces by artists such as Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Paul Delvaux, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti and Marcel Duchamp. The collection is also rich in archival material, ranging from letters and manuscripts to artists' books featuring unique drawings and inscriptions. The collection is rich thanks to two major sources: Roland Penrose (1900-1984) and Gabrielle Keiller (1908-1995). A celebrated British artist, author and close confidant of Picasso, Penrose was also a collector, assembling one of the greatest collections of early twentieth-century cubist and surrealist art.
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, from 10 July 2010 to 9 January 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index.