The first comprehensive monograph on the artist Enrico Donati - best known for his association with Surrealism and his collaborations with Marcel Duchamp. Providing fresh insights on one of the formative periods of modern art in the United States, this volume will appeal to fans of twentieth-century American and European art, particularly Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.
The definitive volume on an important, little known Surrealist artist Enrico Donati - on the occasion of new research and never-before published material, including Donati's own letters and writing on art, and a rare interview with Donati himself.
Author Biography
Dawn Ades has written extensively about 20th-century art. Her books include Salvador Dali (1990), Andre Masson (1994), and Marcel Duchamp (1999). She has worked on many exhibitions.
Ann Temkin is Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Temkin has published widely on artists including Joseph Beuys and Raymond Pettibon. Marie Mauze is a
distinguished ethnographer and specialist in the art of the Pacific North West and in the history of the relationship between art and ethnography in the 20th century.
Cindy Albertson is a conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She has published and lectured on the materials and working methods of artists as varied as Piet Mondrian, Claes Oldenburg, and most recently Diego Rivera.
