{"product_id":"farewell-to-the-muse-whitney-chadwick-9780500239681","title":"Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFarewell to the Muse\u003c\/em\u003e documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five female friendships among the Surrealists to show how Surrealism, female friendship, and the experiences of war, loss, and trauma shaped individual women's transitions from someone else's muse to mature artists in their own right. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the front line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChadwick draws on personal correspondence between women, including the extraordinary letters between Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini during the months following the arrest and imprisonment of Carrington's lover Max Ernst and the letter Frida Kahlo shared with her friend and lover Jacqueline Lamba years after it was written in the late 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history brings a new perspective to the political context of Surrealism as well as fresh insights on the vital importance of female friendship to its progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitney Chadwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500239681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500239681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2017 pg. 14","brand":"Whitney Chadwick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980982845695,"sku":"9780500239681","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44cdfe39-7df6-48ad-bc34-61c9823f07d6.jpg?v=1683253021","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/farewell-to-the-muse-whitney-chadwick-9780500239681","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}