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SUMMARY:Interpreting MoMA: The Surrealist Book
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\nInterpreting MoMA is offered free of charge. Spac
 e is limited and advance registration is required. For more information or
  to register\, please email AccessPrograms@moma.org or call Access Progra
 ms at (212) 408-6447.\nReception starts at 5:00 p.m.\nGallery Tour from 6:
 00 to 7:30 p.m.\n\nPlease join us for MoMA’s bimonthly program welcoming
  individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing to participate in an ASL–in
 terpreted private gallery talk focusing on one of MoMA’s exhibitions\, a
 long with a wine and snack reception.\nIn November we will explore the ex
 hibition The Surrealist Book: Tomorrow Lives in Mirrors with members of th
 e curatorial team. This exhibition showcases a trove of rare artists’ bo
 oks including special editions printed on unusual papers or enhanced with 
 supplementary materials\, unique maquettes and singular sketchbooks filled
  with collages and fantastical drawings\, sculptural bindings that turn bo
 oks into hybrid\, interactive artworks\, and much more.\n--\nImage Credit:
 \nRay Johnson. Th Thee for and Lai Book. c. 1955. Book with cut-and-pasted
  printed\, colored\, and metallic paper and hand-lettered text in ink on i
 rregularly shaped paper leaves\, some with cutout holes\, foldout flaps\, 
 synthetic leather\, and partially erased handwritten text in pencil\; cove
 r with cut-and-pasted printed\, colored\, and metallic paper on paper over
  boards. The Museum of Modern Art\, New York. Gift of Helen and Sam Zell 
 © 2026 Ray Johnson Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS)\, New York\nImag
 e Description:\nA book lies open displaying two pages of collaged images a
 nd paper cutouts. At the center is a black and white photograph of Marilyn
  Monroe below the handwritten text “you’re having a ball?” At the ce
 nter of the right page is a newsprint cutout of James Dean above the text 
 “i like cars”. Along the right edge is a partial black and white photo
 graph above a fragment of text. On the center of the left page is a golden
  metallic rectangular paper with smaller white square sections of text “
 this little golden book belongs to Remy Charlip”. Along the left edge is
  a cutout of Venus from the painting The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticel
 li. Pairs of circles in various colors are collaged on the top and bottom 
 edges of both pages.
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