{"product_id":"three-new-york-dadas-and-dawn-ades-9781900565431","title":"Three New York Dadas and the Blind Man: Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood","description":"\u003ci\u003eThree New York Dadas and The Blind Man\u003c\/i\u003e relates the story of the triangular relationship between Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood, told in the words of two of its protagonists; and also reprints in facsimile the Dadaist magazine they produced together in New York in 1917: \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Man\u003c\/i\u003e. The principal text is the first English translation of Roché's novel \u003ci\u003eVictor\u003c\/i\u003e, an account of his friendship with Duchamp (nicknamed Victor by his close friends in those days). Although unfinished, Roché's text offers a unique account of New York Dada, all of whose principal characters and events make an appearance: Francis Picabia, Arthur Cravan, the Arensbergs and their soirées, the Blind Man's Ball and the scandal of Duchamp's \"Fountain\" at the Independents exhibition, a pivotal moment in modern art. The novel offers interesting insights into the sexual politics of the period, when a woman could be arrested or blackmailed for spending the night with a man to whom she was not married. Roché, a lifelong friend of Duchamp, appears to have been something of a devotee of triangular relationships, and went on to write a more famous novel on the topic (also autobiographical), \u003ci\u003eJules et Jim\u003c\/i\u003e--later made into a film by François Truffaut. Beatrice Wood's account of these events is taken from her memoirs; she went on to become a celebrated ceramicist, dying in 1998 aged 105. The introduction and commentary is by Dawn Ades, the well-known scholar of Dada and Surrealism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dawn Ades\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1900565439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781900565431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atlas Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Dawn Ades","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978754752767,"sku":"9781900565431","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b05e106a-8299-4e66-be7c-34272cdd46e9.jpg?v=1683242893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-new-york-dadas-and-dawn-ades-9781900565431","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}