{"product_id":"three-new-york-dadas-and-the-blind-man-marcel-duchamp-henri-pierre-roche-beatrice-wood-hardcover","title":"Three New York Dadas and the Blind Man: Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDawn Ades\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChris Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree New York Dadas and The Blind Man\u003c\/i\u003e relates the story of the triangular relationship between Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood, told in the words of two of its protagonists; and also reprints in facsimile the Dadaist magazine they produced together in New York in 1917: \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Man\u003c\/i\u003e. The principal text is the first English translation of Roché's novel \u003ci\u003eVictor\u003c\/i\u003e, an account of his friendship with Duchamp (nicknamed Victor by his close friends in those days). Although unfinished, Roché's text offers a unique account of New York Dada, all of whose principal characters and events make an appearance: Francis Picabia, Arthur Cravan, the Arensbergs and their soirées, the Blind Man's Ball and the scandal of Duchamp's Fountain at the Independents exhibition, a pivotal moment in modern art. The novel offers interesting insights into the sexual politics of the period, when a woman could be arrested or blackmailed for spending the night with a man to whom she was not married. Roché, a lifelong friend of Duchamp, appears to have been something of a devotee of triangular relationships, and went on to write a more famous novel on the topic (also autobiographical), \u003ci\u003eJules et Jim\u003c\/i\u003e--later made into a film by François Truffaut. Beatrice Wood's account of these events is taken from her memoirs; she went on to become a celebrated ceramicist, dying in 1998 aged 105. The introduction and commentary is by Dawn Ades, the well-known scholar of Dada and Surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770044449056,"sku":"9781900565431","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/538992628ddcec26c5bea9fd8e4f4750.webp?v=1780363156","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/three-new-york-dadas-and-the-blind-man-marcel-duchamp-henri-pierre-roche-beatrice-wood-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}