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A Book of Surrealist Games

by · 1995

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This delightful collection allows everyone to enjoy firsthand the provocative methods used by the artists and poets of the Surrealist school to break through conventional thought and behavior to a deeper truth. Invented and played by such artists as Andre Breton, Rene Magritte, and Max Ernst, these gems still produce results ranging from the hilarious to the mysterious and profound.

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
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short · 176 pages
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