DESMOND MORRIS

ART

Desmond Morris has been painting for over fifty years. He held his first exhibition in 1948 and his most recent in 2008.

Six books have been written about his work:


The Secret Surrealist
The Paintings of Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris with an introduction by Philip Oakes
(Phaidon, Oxford: 1987)
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THE SURREALIST WORLD OF
DESMOND MORRIS
Michel Remy (Cape, London: 1991)
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French edition:
L'Univers Surrealiste de Desmond Morris
(Souffles, Paris)


Desmond Morris
 50 Years of Surrealism
Silvano Levy
(Ebury Press, Barrie & Jenkins, London: 1997)
Blackwells Online
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Text excerpts

In this book Silvano Levy traces the principal themes in Morris' paintings and discusses their significance within the context of Surrealism, the movement with which Morris has identified for over fifty years.







DESMOND MORRIS
NAKED SURREALISM
Pandora, 1999
(This is an enlarged edition of the 1997 book)
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Thomas Heneage



CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
DESMOND MORRIS ANALYTICAL CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1944-2000 Pandora, Antwerp, 2001
[ISBN 90-5325-162-6]
Thomas Heneage









A Lost World
SKETCHES FOR A BESTIARY BY DESMOND MORRIS
Text by Andrew Murray
Published by the Mayor Gallery
(London, 2004)


ATTENTION COLLECTORS!

Catalogue Raisonné vol. II now in preparation
If you own a work by Desmond Morris
please contact author Silvano Levy here to have your work included

Vol. I now published with 1300 illustrations

Author Silvano Levy has divided the artist's work into four main periods, as follows:

Early Period
 1944 - 56
Zoo Period
1956 - 68
Naked Ape Period
1968 - 89
Late Period
1990 onwards

The blind watchmaker

The Blind Watchmaker      
1986      

All enquiries concerning works of art by Desmond Morris
should be addressed to:

THE MAYOR GALLERY
22a CORK STREET, LONDON W1X 1HB.
TEL: 0207 734 3558. FAX: 0207 494 1377
e-mail: mail@mayorgallery.com
website: http://www.artnet.com

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