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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> This is the first book in English to survey the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 1917). Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936 when as a precocious nineteen-year-old d?butante she escaped the stultifying demands of her wealthy English family by running away to Paris with her lover Max Ernst. She was immediately championed by Andr? Breton who responded enthusiastically to her fantastical dark and satirical writing style and her interest in fairy tales and the occult. Her stories were included in Surrealist publications and her paintings in the Surrealists’ exhibitions. After the dramas and tragic separations of the Second World War Carrington ended up in the 1940s as part of the circle of Surrealist European ?migr?s living in Mexico City. Close friends with Luis Bu?uel Benjamin P?ret Octavio Paz and a host of both expatriate Surrealists and Mexican modernists Carrington was at the centre of Mexican cultural life while still maintaining her European connections Leonora Carrington: Surrealism Alchemy and Art provides a fascinating overview of this intriguing artist’s rich body of work. The author considers Carrington’s preoccupation with alchemy and the occult and explores the influence of indigenous Mexican culture and beliefs on her production. (MP)