Victor Brauner. Paintings 1939-1959

Rare catalogue of Victor Brauner's solo exhibition at Galleria L'Attico in Rome, January 1961. Publication of considerable documentary interest covering the twenty-year period 1939-1959, a crucial period in the production of the Romanian-French surrealist master. The text includes a detailed biography tracing the fundamental stages of the artist's life — from his birth in Pietra-Neamtz in 1903, to his stays in Paris, to his flight from Nazi persecution in the Alps — and a valuable list of international solo exhibitions. The bibliography cites the principal surrealist publications of the period, from Minotaure to Cahiers d'Art, with critical contributions by André Breton, René Char, Benjamin Péret, and Sarane Alexandrian. Essential document for the study of Italian reception of surrealism and postwar Roman exhibition activity. Copy in good general condition.