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Author Nelson, Mark, 1967-

Title Exquisite corpse : surrealism and the Black Dahlia murder / Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bayliss.

Imprint New York : Bulfinch Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  709.04063 N335e 2006    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.
Contents Introduction: A death and its aftermath -- Surrealism : damaged muses and mischievous mannequins -- Man Ray : a subversive vision -- Minotaur and Minotaure -- Dreams of love and death -- The exquisite corpse : a literal reenactment? -- After the murder -- The L.A. art scene -- Marcel Duchamp and the Etant donnes, part I -- William Copley : surrealist confidante -- Marcel Duchamp and the Etant donnes, part II -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Los Angeles 1935-1950 : a web of connections -- Appendix II: timeline.
Subject Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Surrealism -- California -- Los Angeles.
Hodel, George.
Man Ray, 1890-1976.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
Murder -- California -- Los Angeles.
Surrealism.
Murder in art.
Added Author Bayliss, Sarah Hudson.
ISBN 0821258192 (hardcover)
9780821258194 (hardcover)
9780821258194
Standard No. YDXCP 2436912
IG# 0821258192
NZ1 10655185
AU@ 000040067804

 
    
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