A surreal archive : the Young-Mallin Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art /
"A limited-edition artist book by Tammy Nguyen, A Surreal Archive: The Young-Mallin Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is inspired by an astonishing archive of Surrealist photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and artwork that has been recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of A...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia Museum of Art,
[2018]
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| Summary: | "A limited-edition artist book by Tammy Nguyen, A Surreal Archive: The Young-Mallin Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is inspired by an astonishing archive of Surrealist photographs, correspondence, ephemera, and artwork that has been recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It features a pop-up dollhouse at the center (the original dollhouse was once knocked over by David Sedaris while cleaning Young-Mallin's apartment), with elements to discover and explore in hidden panels and envelopes, and dramatic touches such as lace, feathers, and fake hair. Nguyen has invested the work with a Surrealist imagination inspired by the richness of the collection, which highlights key figures in the Surrealist movement and other 20th-century cultural luminaries, including Leonora Carrington, Bill Copley, Robert Warner, Man Ray, M. F. K. Fisher, Carol Janeway, Ossip Zadkine, Dorothea Tanning, Yves Tanguy, and Kay Sage. An accompanying booklet features an artist statement by Nguyen, a brief history of Young-Mallin's role as a collector and the archive's significance to the museum, and personal reflections by two of Judith Young-Mallin's longtime friends: Mark Polizzotti, publisher and editor-in-chief at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and playwright Glen Berger"--Publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Issued in velvet-trimmed box (28 x 23 x 3 cm) Produced in an edition of 250 copies. |
| Physical Description: | 16 pages ; 26 cm + 1 artist book (1 volume : color illustrations ; 26 cm) |
| ISBN: | 9780876332870 0876332874 |
| Local Note: | Library copy is number 127 of 250. |