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Tanguy the rare jewel of surrealism
It is with great dissapontment to realize that having the opportunity of achiving partial access to the work of this XX century master, is somehow a matter of luck, by chance I got hold of a copy, and although is recommendable and good starting point, is modest in bringing justice to the quality and outstanding conceptual and technical dimension of this artist. That is not Mr. Soby's fault, he did a good job, but a far more extensive volume is required. It is important for curators and publishers to bring this artist into the light, to promote it, even with purest commercial interest, this artist will deliver joy to any individual, and shall create demand for whoever publisher that treats his work with respect.

A Great Artist
Good book for the beginner to seek out.Contains some history and some nice plates.Publisher,time for a reprint to renew interest in this artist.Those interested in Tanguy should also look up Kay Sage.

A Great Artist
Good book for the beginner to seek out.Contains some history and some nice plates.Publisher,time for a reprint to renew interest in this artist.Those interested in Tanguy should also look up Kay Sage.

please email me if anyone finds anything
very very interested in Tanguy

Suggestions needed...
Can someone recommend a book that is NOT out of print about Tanguy? I saw some of his works at the Guggenheim this weekend and am interested in learning more about him.... ... Read more

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Ur-Surrealist Yves Tanguy belonged to the inner circle of the 1920s Parisian avant-garde, alongside such figures as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, and Alberto Giacometti, making essential contributions to Surrealist manifestoes, magazines, and exhibitions. Tanguy's artistic obsession was the world of imagination, of dreams and reveries, and his cryptically codified imagery continues to perplex audiences today. His paintings seem to exist in a hazy, oddly beautiful limbo dimension beyond time and space, a world at once vertiginous and calm, disturbing and breathtaking. The central focus of "Yves Tanguy and Surrealism" is the Surrealist mode, to which Tanguy dedicated himself like no other painter of his time, cementing the movement's place in the history of visual art. On the basis of previously unpublished documents and works, authors discuss Tanguy's otherworldly oeuvre in all its aspects--from his development as an artist to the reception of his work in the United States. With stunning reproductions in full color as well as black and white, "Yves Tanguy and Surrealism" is an extensive overview of the work of an artist whose forays into the creative unknown continue to resonate. Clothbound hardcover, 284 pages, 8.5 x 11.5 inches, 140 color and 70 b&w illustrations. ... Read more

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A Beautiful Book
This is a fantastic book but I don't think most people would want to spend nearly $500 for a copy. I was able to find a copy on AbeBooks (in Germany) and had it shipped to the U.S. for less than $50 total. If interested try AbeBooks or Alibris. I hope all lovers of Tanguy's work can get a copy. Even if you can only get a German language text version the color plates and reproductions are worth the purchase!

This is THE Book for Fans of Surrealism & Tanguy
This is a long-overdue volume, fully and gorgeously illustrated, covering the life and works of, in Breton'swords, "the purest surrealist." The reproductions are masterful and directly relevant to Tanguy's development, while the commentaries remain truly informative without foundering in the numbing dryness so typical of this type of overview. Tanguy's fantastic, evocative visions have not received anything near the attention lavished on artistic compatriots such as Dali, perhaps because the former's near-eremetic lifestyle seemed to put his graphic revelations of the subconscious totally beyond the pale of rational understanding. This book finally provides a clear passageway into Tanguy's universe.

Great Book!
I purchased this as a Christmas present to myself this year. It has become my favorite gift. I love Tanguy's paintings! Along with Miro', he was my favorite Surrealist. It'sgood to see some pictures of the man and his life. Nice illustrations. Informative.

Beautiful Surreal Landscapes Abound!
I am by no means an "ART" person, but there are a few artists that tickle my untrained eye, and Tanguy is on top of my list.
This is a comprehensive and insightful look into the works of this underappreciated surreal artist. Move over DALI here comes Tanguy! Get this item while you can!!!

An essential volume for lovers of 20th Century art.
No library of 20th century art would be complete without this splendid overview of the life and work of French-American artist Yves Tanguy.The background and technical information is thouroughly researched and wonderfully written, and the illustrations, including the flawless color plates of the paintings, are sumptious and wonderfully reproduced.A very well-designed and well-made book, too.Buy it! ... Read more

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While Surrealism became unfashionable in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed increasing popularity across the Atlantic at the same time. Surrealism USA, the catalogue to the exhibition at the National Academy of Design, Surrealism USA, traces the history of this movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s by examining its manifestations throughout the country--from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dalí on American art, the Surrealists' response to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism and abstract art. With over 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, this definitive survey brings together the work of American artists likeJoseph Cornell, Peter Blume, Kay Sage, Isamu Noguchi, Arshile Gorky, and Jackson Pollock--with that of Europeans in exile during World War II, including Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, André Masson, and Max Ernst.Essays by Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Robert S. Lubar andScott Rothkopf.

Introduction by Isabelle Dervaux.Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in./192 pgs / 100 color and 50 b&w. ... Read more

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Museum Quality
I was fortunate enough to see the Surrealism USA exhibit on tour in Phoenix in July.The collection was astounding.I found this book in the Phoenix Art Museum Store, however, $50 seemed like a lot to spend on a book while on a weekend vacation.I was thrilled to find it on Amazon for much less.The book is beautiful, the photographs are museum print quality and oversized, mostly one or two on each page. The book contains a thorough history of the surrealism movement in the United States during the last century. I would not hesitate to purchase it again. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy (January 5, 1900 - January 15, 1955), known as Yves Tanguy was a surrealist painter. Tanguy was born in Paris, France, the son of a retired navy captain. His parents were both of Breton origin. After his father's death in 1908, his mother moved back to her native Locronan, Finistère, and he ended up spending much of his youth living with various relatives. In 1918, Yves Tanguy briefly joined the merchant navy before being drafted into the Army, where he befriended Jacques Prévert. At the end of his military service in 1922, he returned to Paris, where he worked various odd jobs. By chance, he stumbled upon a painting by Giorgio de Chirico and was so deeply impressed he resolved to become a painter himself in spite of his complete lack of formal training. ... Read more

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In 1942, at the opening of her Art of This Century gallery, Peggy Guggenheim famously demonstrated her equability toward both Surrealist and abstract art by wearing one earring made by Surrealist painter Yves Tanguy and one by abstract sculptor and kinetic artist Alexander Calder. Yet the opposition implied by this act of truce-making perhaps overstates the antimonies between these two modernist masters. Tanguy and Calder shared many friends in Surrealist circles in Paris, and showed work in the same exhibitions throughout the middle of the century. In this beautiful volume, full of color reproductions and important ephemera relating to the artists' shared history, Susan Davidson, Senior Curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, elucidates the overlap between these two canonical modernists. ... Read more

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Chapters: Alan Heusaff, Jérôme Kerviel, Yves Tanguy, Paul le Guen, Nolwenn Leroy, Jean-Marie Perrot, Marie Bracquemond, Célestin Lainé, Jean Tirilly, Katell Keineg, René Quillivic, Gwenc'hlan le Scouëzec, Théophile Corret de La Tour D'auvergne, Louis de Goesbriand, Christophe Honoré, Youenn Drezen, Job de Roincé, Emile Danoën, Pierre Souvestre, Xavier Grall, Charles Huntziger, Joseph Savina, Gérard Jaffrès, François Tanguy-Prigent, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Saint Hervé, Tristan Corbière, Denez Prigent, Yvon le Roux, Théodore Claude Henri, Vicomte Hersart de La Villemarqué, Didier Squiban, Marcel Landowski, Serge le Dizet, Alexis Gourvennec, Ambroise Guellec, Guy Autret de Missirien, Louis Floch, Pierre Cholonec, Pêr-Jakez Helias, Jean-Yves Couliou, Vincent Gragnic, Benoît Hamon, Sébastien le Balp, René le Hir, Louis Mélennec, Louis le Pensec, Serge Duigou. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 174. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alan Heusaff (1921, Saint-Yvi, Finistère 1999) was a Breton nationalist, linguist, dictionary compiler, prolific journalist and lifetime campaigner for solidarity between the Celtic peoples. A co-founder of The Celtic League in 1961, he was its first General Secretary until 1984. A native Breton speaker, he trained as a primary school teacher but in his early twenties joined the separatist Bezen Perrot militia (1943-44); for this, he was sentenced to death in absentia at a court martial by the post-war French government but eventually amnestied in 1967. After studying mathematics and physics at the University of Marburg, Germany, he arrived in Ireland in 1950. He continued his studies at University College, Galway, and, on graduation, joined the Irish Meteorological Service, becoming a naturalised Irish citizen in 1955. Well respected as an aviation ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2067927 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Giorgio de Chirico, Wifredo Lam, Jacqueline Lamba, Alberto Giacometti, Lucien Coutaud, Marc Chagall, Wols, E. L. T. Mesens, Gunther Gerzso, Max Ernst, Pierre-Victor Mpoyo, Marie Carlier, Roberto Matta, Jean Thiercelin, Wolfgang Paalen, Victor Brauner, Leonor Fini, Gilles Brenta, Kay Sage, Remedios Varo Uranga, Yves Bossut, Jacques Rigaut, Leonora Carrington, Toyen, Jane Graverol, Paul Delvaux, Christine Boumeester, Arshile Gorky, Stella Snead, Óscar Domínguez, Remy Van Den Abeele, Pavel Tchelitchev, Christian D'orgeix, Joseph Sima, William Baziotes, Jim Woodring, Jean-Philippe Dallaire, Claudine Jamagne, César Moro, Mayo, Jorge Camacho, Joseph Noiret, Ithell Colquhoun, Eileen Agar, Endre Rozsda, Felix Nussbaum, Rachel Baes, Mário Cesariny, Jacek Yerka, Jacques Hérold, Richard Oelze, Bona, Claude Domec, Marcel Delmotte, Victor Safonkin, Manuel Millares Sall, Esteban Francés, Laurence Vail, Ramsès Younane, Edgar Ende, Wolfgang Lettl. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, 1 Marquis de Púbol, connu sous le nom de Salvador Dalí, né le 11 mai 1904 - mort le 23 janvier 1989 était un artiste-peintre surréaliste, sculpteur et un scénariste (cinéma) catalan. Il est né et mort à Figueres, en Catalogne, où il créa d'ailleurs son propre musée en 1974, le Teatre-Museu Gala Salvador Dalí. Naissance le 11 mai 1904 à Figueras de Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí, fils de Felipa Domènech Ferrès (1874-1921) et de Salvador Dalí y Cusi (1872-1950), notaire. Son enfance se partage entre Figueras, Barcelone et Cadaqués où son père possède une maison. Cette région de l'Empurdan aura une influence majeure sur son inspiration pi...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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80 pages, with color photos throughout. 53 pieces in the exhibition, all pictured in color. 9-Page essay titled 'Yves Tanguy - The Geometer of Dreams' by John Ashbery. Includes 2-page chronological biography. With select bibliography and checklist of the exhibition. ABOUT THE EXHIBITION & ARTIST: This exhibition featured important paintings from American museums and private collections. The French-American painter Yves Tanguy was born in Paris and self-trained as an artist. He became committed to Surrealism after he saw two paintings by de Chirico in a shop window, and he joined the Surrealist group in 1925. Tanguy's signature paintings of fantastic bone and amoebae-shaped stone-like objects arranged in imaginary landscapes were well received. Painted in great detail, these otherworldly forms look credible in a haunted dream world. In 1939, Tanguy immigrated to the United States where he lived out the rest of his life, becoming an American citizen in 1948. In New York, his palette intensified as the dusty grays from the earlier work takes on richer shades and the forms become more volumetric and more 'meta' or 'para' human. ... Read more