Exquisite corpse : surrealism and the Black Dahlia murder /
Nelson, Mark, 1967-
Exquisite corpse : surrealism and the Black Dahlia murder / Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bayliss. - 1st ed. - New York : Bulfinch Press, 2006. - 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.
Introduction: A death and its aftermath -- Surrealism : damaged muses and mischievous mannequins -- Man Ray : a subversive vision -- Minotaur and Minotaure -- Dreams of love and death -- The exquisite corpse : a literal reenactment? -- After the murder -- The L.A. art scene -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part I -- William Copley : surrealist confidante -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part II -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Los Angeles 1935-1950 : a web of connections -- Appendix II: timeline.
0821258192 (hardcover) 9780821258194 (hardcover)
9780821258194
2006001460
Man Ray, 1890-1976.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
Hodel, George.
Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Murder in art.
Murder--California--Los Angeles.
Surrealism.
Exquisite corpse : surrealism and the Black Dahlia murder / Mark Nelson and Sarah Hudson Bayliss. - 1st ed. - New York : Bulfinch Press, 2006. - 191 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index.
Introduction: A death and its aftermath -- Surrealism : damaged muses and mischievous mannequins -- Man Ray : a subversive vision -- Minotaur and Minotaure -- Dreams of love and death -- The exquisite corpse : a literal reenactment? -- After the murder -- The L.A. art scene -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part I -- William Copley : surrealist confidante -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part II -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: Los Angeles 1935-1950 : a web of connections -- Appendix II: timeline.
0821258192 (hardcover) 9780821258194 (hardcover)
9780821258194
2006001460
Man Ray, 1890-1976.
Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
Hodel, George.
Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Murder in art.
Murder--California--Los Angeles.
Surrealism.