Cover art for Surrealist Weekends
Published
Lee Miller Archives, October 2025
ISBN
9781914298011
Format
Hardcover, 152 pages
Dimensions
28.7cm × 23.7cm × 1.8cm

Surrealist Weekends Farleys in the Fifties

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Painter Roland Penrose and photographer Lee Miller's move to Farleys in Sussex, UK, was not to settle down but to create, entertain, and inspire. In this publication, their son Antony Penrose, recalls the 1950's with a fascinating insight into his parents' lives, as they transformed Farleys from a traditional farmhouse into a hub of art.

Farleys with unexpected decoration and surreal living had a wealth of 20th century artists visiting the home. The book is designed to reflect the colours and designs from the colour on the walls to the textiles of the furnishings. AUTHOR: Co-Director of Farleys House and Gallery Ltd which manages the Lee Miller Archives and The Penrose Collection, Antony Penrose is the son of the American photographer Lee Miller and Roland Penrose, surrealist artist and biographer of Picasso, Miro, Man Ray and Tapies. Antony has written numerous books, articles and two plays on the subject of his parents and their associates. The movie LEE released in 2024 starring Kate Winslet as Lee Miller is based on his biography The Lives of Lee Miller. He lectures widely and is a curator of photography, an artist and film maker in his own right. SELLING POINTS: . Antony Penrose recalls his parent's artist friends such as Man Ray, Picasso and Francoise Gilot, as they visited this unusual home 7 colour, 114 b/w illustrations

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