The Artwork Caught by the Tail: Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris

by George Philip Baker

Book Overview

A new theory of the readymade via a new reading of Picabia and a new writing of Dada.

The artist Francis Picabia--notorious dandy, bon vivant, painter, poet, filmmaker, and polemicist--has emerged as the Dadaist with postmodern appeal, and one of the most enigmatic forces behind the enigma that was Dada. In this first book in English to focus on Picabia's work in Paris during the Dada years, art historian and critic George Baker reimagines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514869
• ISBN13: 9780262514866
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher