The surreal body : fetish and fashion / Ghislaine Wood
London : V & A, 2007. First Edition. Fine paperback copy in an equally fine dust jacket, with the shape of lips cut out to reveal front panel. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457888
ISBN: 1851775021
Physical description; 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm. Notes; Designed by Johnson Banks (including jacket design); new V&A photography by Christine Smith, V&A photographic studio. Printed in China. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Surreal things: surrealism and design" held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 29 Mar. - 22 July, 2007. Contents; The mannequin -- The fetish -- Bodies transformed : surrealist women -- The shop window -- Surreal fashion -- Dali's jewels -- The dream of Venus. Subjects; Surrealism. Human figure in art. Fashion and art. Fashion photography. Fetishism in art. Human body Symbolic aspects.
Price: €21.95