{"product_id":"the-hundred-headless-woman-paperback","title":"The Hundred Headless Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Ernst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndré Breton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDorothea Tanning\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Paris in 1929, this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal 20th-century work of art. The artist's striking combinations of engravings from Victorian-era books and magazines, accompanied by enigmatic captions, offer a universe of mystery replete with all the possibilities of the bizarre dream world of the surreal. Images speak, language illustrates, and the reader's imagination provides the glue. \u003cbr\u003eIrrational, violent, tender, ironic, Max Ernst has invoked the whole kaleidoscope of human phenomena in these collages ... [turning them] into stunning proposals for adventure, noted this volume's translator, Dorothea Tanning. \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Headless Woman \u003c\/i\u003ewas the first of Ernst's collage novels, and its classic status ensures a place in modern art history classes. Every visit and re-visit to its pages tells a different story, an endlessly fascinating tale that runs an emotional gamut from keen humor to outright horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA key figure in the Dadaist and Surrealist art movements, German-born Max Ernst (1891-1976) became an American citizen in 1948 and a French citizen in 1958. Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, Ernst employed the fragmented logic of collage in this volume and in his landmark collage book, \u003ci\u003eUne semaine de bonté, \u003c\/i\u003e also published by Dover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756263506208,"sku":"9780486819112","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c7281a8c207974af2f953a2e45dd12a.webp?v=1780077889","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hundred-headless-woman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}