Book cover of Surrealist Weekends: Farleys in the Fifties; featuring Lee Miller and Roland Penrose in the garden. Published by Lee Miller Archives.

Surrealist Weekends

Farleys in the Fifties

By (author) Antony Penrose

$32.50

Publishing 30th Sep 2025

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Antony Penrose recalls his parent's artist friends such as Man Ray, Picasso and Françoise Gilot, as they visited this unusual home

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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 colors and designs from the color on the walls to the textiles of the furnishings.

About the 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, Miró, Man Ray and Tàpies. 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.

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Specifications

Publisher: Lee Miller Archives
ISBN: 9781914298011
Publish date: 30th Sep 2025
Binding: Hardback
Territory: USA & Canada
Size: 9.33 in x 11.3 in
Pages: 152 Pages
Illustrations: 7 color, 114 b&w

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