Franciszka Themerson by Nick Wadley Henry Cow Artaud moves between extreme irreligious

Artaud moves between extreme irreligious obscenity and delicate evocations of his immediate corporeal perception and his sense of solitude

manifestos and unrealized project proposals

when originally published in France

it remains a deeply enigmatic and haunting work over a century later

Written in 1935 at the height of Czech Surrealism but not published until 1945

Franciszka Themerson by Nick Wadley Henry Cow Artaud moves between extreme irreligiousFranciszka Themerson by Nick Wadley ISBN 9781916247406 248 page paperback, about 8 x 11 inches, illustrated in color and b w published by The Themerson Estate You can look inside this book at Idea Books. *** In 1980 the late British art critic and historian Nick Wadley befriended artist Franciszka Themerson (1907 1988), whose work he had admired for many years. This first monograph about the Polish born painter, illustrator, and print and stage