Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, The Nesuhi Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections (2-volume set)

New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 1999. Hardcover. VG (May have bookplates and few marks from previous art-library owner; slight wear or small tear at corner and soiling to slipcase; interior pristine.). 2 vols. Chocolate brown cloth, color illus. dust jackets, in color illus. board slipcase, 894 pp., 1000+ color illus.; set weighs 14.5 lbs. The full two-volume set, issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition that showcased the surrealist art found in these two collections. Includes "such leading figures of the movement as Hans Bellmer, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, and Dorothea Tanning. ... Volume one os devoted to painting and objects; volume two encompasses drawing, collage, photography, bindings, and examples of that most Surrealist of mediums: the exquisite corpse, a party-game-cum-artwork in which separate drawings made by participants on a folded piece of paper yielded a marvelous creation that -- like the movement itself -- was greater than the sum of its parts." (dj).