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They cover the period from the early 20th century to the present, and include works by Horst Ademeit, Al&ouml;ise, Giovanni Bosco, James Castle, Henry Darger, Charles Dellschau, Malcolm MacKesson, Dan Miller, Michel Nedjar, Jean Perdrizet, Royal Robertson, Charles Steffen, Oskar Voll, August Walla, and Adolf W&ouml;lfli, among others. <\/p>\n<p>Text in English and French.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gathered together for the first time in one book, an exceptional collection of handmade notebooks, sketchbooks, and journals by 60 remarkable visionary artists, including Al&ouml;ise Henry Darger, Dan Miller, Charles Dellschau, James Castle, and Adolf W&ouml;lfli, among others. Text in English and French.<br \/>Sommaire<br \/>\nContents<br \/>\np. 6 Pr&eacute;face<br \/>\nChristian Berst<br \/>\np. 8 Preface<br \/>\nChristian Berst<br \/>\np. 10 Le temps d&rsquo;autrui,<br \/>\nou les apparences<br \/>\nfissur&eacute;es<br \/>\nGraciela Garc&iacute;a Mu&ntilde;oz<br \/>\np. 14 Others&rsquo; Time,<br \/>\nor Fissured Appearances<br \/>\nGraciela Garc&iacute;a Mu&ntilde;oz<br \/>\np. 18-397<br \/>\n01 Henry Darger<br \/>\n02 Adolf W&ouml;lfli<br \/>\n03 Alo&iuml;se Corbaz<br \/>\n04 Antin&eacute;a<br \/>\n05 Beverly Gayleen Aiken<br \/>\n06 James Castle<br \/>\n07 Pearl Blauvelt<br \/>\n08 Henri Histe<br \/>\n09 Peter Mikolajewski<br \/>\n10 August Walla<br \/>\n11 Rudolf Heinrichshofen<br \/>\n12 August Johann Klose<br \/>\n13 Oskar Voll<br \/>\n14 James Edward Deeds Jr<br \/>\n15 Anonyme<br \/>\n16 Alexander<br \/>\nvon Schwartzenberg<br \/>\n17 Charles Steffen<br \/>\n18 Malcolm McKesson<br \/>\n19 &Eacute;ric Benetto<br \/>\n20 Aurel Iselst&ouml;ger<br \/>\n21 Michel Nedjar<br \/>\n22 Josvedy Jove Junco<br \/>\n23 Henry Speller<br \/>\n24 Anselme Boix-Vives<br \/>\n25 Giovanni Bosco<br \/>\n26 Yuichiro Ukai<br \/>\n27 Itsuo Kobayashi<br \/>\n28 Giuseppe Barocchi<br \/>\n29 Carlos Augusto Giraldo<br \/>\n30 An&iacute;bal Brizuela<br \/>\n31 Rigo<br \/>\n32 Jorge Alberto Cadi<br \/>\n33 &laquo; Prophet &raquo; Royal<br \/>\nRobertson<br \/>\n34 Milton Schwartz<br \/>\n35 Pierre Richard<br \/>\n36 John Devlin<br \/>\n37 J. 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