DALÍ
Dawn Ades

"Ades . . . one of our foremost historians of Surrealism . . . has had access to her subject —a privilege available to few —and her book is particularly revealing." —The Spectator

Salvador Dalí is perhaps the most universally famous and popular twentieth-century artist. In a searching text, completely revised and updated in this edition to incorporate new information that has come to light since Dalí's death in 1989, Dawn Ades considers some of the puzzling questions raised by the Dalí phenomenon. His early years, the development of his technique and style, his relationship with the Surrealists, his exploitation of Freudian ideas, and the image that Dalí created of himself as the mad genius artist are all explored in this brilliant and provocative study.

"A sensitive art-historical study." —The Times Literary Supplement

"Richly documented and illustrated." —Arts Reviews

ISBN 0-500-20280-X · 170 illustrations

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