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Book SynopsisThis incomparable collection of essays, manifestos, and illustrations offers the authentic answer to the question What is Dada? Prepared by Motherwell in collaboration with such major Dada figures as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Max Ernst, the book creates a composite picture of Dadaits convictions, antics, and spirit.
Trade ReviewThe single most instructive book on Dada… [T]he items collected are readable, pungent, and representative. It is one of those ‘essential works’ on twentieth-century art. -- T. J. Clark
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Jack Flam Preface Introduction, by Robert Motherwell List of Illustrations PART I: PRE-DADA 1. Exhibition at the independents, by Arthur Cravan: 1914 2. Arthur Cravan and American Dada, by Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia: 1938 3. Memories of an Amnesic (Fragments), by Erik Satie: 1912-13 i. What I Am ii. The Day of a Musician PART II: EN AVANT DADA: A HISTORY OF DADISM, by Richard Huelsenbeck: 1920 PART III: DADA FRAGMENTS, by Hugo Ball: 1916-17 PART IV: MERZ, by Kurt Schwitters: 1920 PART V: A DADA PERSONAGE Two Letters, by Jacques Vache (to Andre Breton): 1917-18 PART VI: SEVEN DADA MANIFESTOES, by Tristan Tzara: 1916-20 1. Manifesto of Mr. Antipyrine 2. Dada Manifesto 1918 3. Proclamation without Pretension 4. Manifesto of mr. aa the anti-philosopher 5. Manifesto on feeble love and bitter love Supplement: how I became charming delightful and delicious Colonial Syllogism PART VII: HISTORY OF DADA, by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes: 1931 PART VIII: THE DADA SPIRIT IN PAINTING, by Georges Hugnet: 1932 and 1934 1. Zurich and New York 2. Berlin (1918-22) 3. Cologne and Hanover 4. Dada in Paris PART IX: THREE DADA MANIFESTOES, by Andre Breton: Before 1924 1. For Dada 2. Two Dada Manifestoes 3. After Dada PART X: MARCEL DUCHAMP, by Andre Breton: 1922 New York Dada, edited by Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray New York, April 1921. Facsimile PART XI: DADA FRAGMENTS FROM ZURICH Notes from a Dada Diary, by Jean (Hans) Arp. 1932 monsieur duval vases with umbilical cords sketch for a landscape End of the World, by Richard Huelsenbeck: 1916 PART XII: DADA FRAGMENTS FROM PARIS (Two Poems), by Paul Eluard: 1921 Project for a History of Contemporary Literature, by Louis Aragon: 1922 Facsimile The Magnetic Fields, by Andre Breton and Philippe Soupault: 1920 PART XIII: FROM THE ANNALS OF DADA 1. Zurich Chronicle, by Tristan Tzara: 1915-19 2. Collective Dada Manifesto, by Richard Huelsenbeck: 1920 3. Lecture on Dada, by Tristan Tzara: 1922 PART XIV: SOME MEMORIES OF PRE-DADA: PICABIA AND DUCHAMP, by Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia: 1949 La Pomme de Pins, edited by Francis Picabia St. Raphael February 25, 1922. Facsimile PART XV: THEO VAN DOESBURG AND DADA, by Kurt Schwitters: 1931 PART XVI: DADA LIVES! by Richard Huelsenbeck: 1936 PART XVII: DADA X Y Z..., by Hans Richter: 1948 PART XVIII: DADA WAS NOT A FARCE, by Jean (Hans) Arp: 1949 Sophie, by Jean (Hans) Arp: 1946 Appendices A. The Dada Case, by Albert Gleizes: 1920 B. A Letter on Hugnet's "Dada Spirit in Painting," by Tristan Tiara: 1937 C. Marcel Duchamp: Anti-Artist, by Harriet and Sidney Janis: 1945 D. Sound-Rel 1919, and Birdlike 1946, by Raoul Hausmann Bibliography Did Dada Die? a Critical Bibliography by Bernard Karpel (Librarian, Museum of Modern Art, New York) Index to Bibliography Addenda: Dada Alive and Well, by Benard Karpel: 1981 Additional Bibliography Dada Manifesto 1949, by Richard Huelsenbeck An Introduction to Dada, by Tristan Tzara General Index
