Bibliograph

Jindřich Heisler, surrealism under pressure, 1938-1953, Jindřich Toman and Matthew S. Witkovsky

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Jindřich Heisler, surrealism under pressure, 1938-1953, Jindřich Toman and Matthew S. Witkovsky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141)

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jindřich Heisler

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bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

759174351

Responsibility statement

Jindřich Toman and Matthew S. Witkovsky

Sub title

surrealism under pressure, 1938-1953

Summary

Czech poet and photographer Jindrich Heisler (1914-1953) joined the Czech Surrealist Group in 1938, just as Nazi occupation of the country was driving the movement and Czech artists underground. Heisler published his first book of poetry a year later. In his brief and courageous career -- Heisler died suddenly at the age of thirty-eight -- he produced some of the most remarkable assemblage work of the Surrealist movement, including what is arguably the single-most important photobook produced in the 20th century, From the Strongholds of Sleep (1940-41). -- Book jacket

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Surrealism under pressure, 1938-1953

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