The Enchanted Domain, Surrealist Art at Exeter City Gallery and Exe Gallery 1967

Melly, George, Exeter City Gallery, 1967

English, Good staplebound art-exhibition catalog,  8vo 7 1/4" x 9 3/4", unpaginated.

Good staplebound art-exhibition catalog, 8vo 7 1/4" x 9 3/4", Original card covers with a design by Conroy Maddox, full gold wrappers with black, white and gold design to front and black design to back. Mild shelf wear, foxing to front cover and text block, staples have rust, tail chipped to back cover, head bumped, spine rubbed, otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. Unpaginated. Replete with numerous black-and-white plates, 125 item catalog, Preface by JH Matthews, Introduction by George Melly. 1967.  The thesis of this exhibition exists in a place between movements. It has works from committed surrealists, as well as artists who worked alongside surrealists at the height of the movement, and several young artists whose works were affected by the surrealist movement. From the private library of Whitney Chadwick and Robert Bechtle.