IN 1937 VOGUE ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN to its readers what Surrealism was. It told them that the man pictured was 'Mr Salvador Dali', sporting his signature moustache, a fencing mask and an epee. It clarified, though, that this man was not a fencer, but was dressed as such because he was a 'Surrealist', and proceeded to define a Surrealist as 'a man who likes to dress as a fencer, but does not fence; a Surrealist is also a man who likes to wear a diving suit but does not dive', (a ...
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