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Man Ray, Lee Miller : partners in surrealism

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Bringing together unique and rarely seen photographs, paintings, sculpture and drawings, this exquisite book tells the story of the tumultuous relationship between the artists Man Ray (1890 - 1976) and Lee Miller (1907 - 1977).

From 1929 to 1932, the two lived together in Paris, first as teacher and student, and later as lovers.

Historically, Miller has been described as Man Ray's muse, but Partners in Surrealism reveals how their brief, mercurial love affair was a key source of mutual and sustained inspiration, resulting in some of the most powerful work of each artist's career.

Featuring a candid and poignant contribution from Antony Penrose, the son of Miller and the English painter Roland Penrose, on the relationship between Man Ray and his parents in later years, this is an extraordinary exploration of the love, lust and desire that drove the art of the Surrealists.

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Merrell Publishers Ltd
1858945577 / 9781858945576
Hardback
709.22
15/06/2011
United Kingdom
English
159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
27 cm
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Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 11th June-4th December 2011 ; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, 11th February - 20th May 2012 ; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California, 14th July - 14th October 2012.