Surrealists in Darwent, Charles: Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism. London: 2023. 264 pages, 93 colour illustrations including 40 plates. Hardback. 24 x 14cms. A study of Atelier 17 and the work emerging from the relationship between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Eight chapters discuss Stanley William Hayter's early involvement in European Surrealism, Hayter's establishment of the American Atelier 17, the arrival of Breton and Lévi-Strauss as well as the printmaking of Pollock, Blake, Bourgeois and Miró.
A study of Atelier 17 and the work emerging from the relationship between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Eight chapters discuss Stanley William Hayters early involvement in European Surrealism, Hayters establishment of the American Atelier 17, the arrival of Breton and Lévi-Strauss as well as the printmaking of Pollock, Blake, Bourgeois and Miró. Text in English