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Joseph Medici

Joseph Medici was a little known artist working in New York, Paris and London from the early 1920's until his death in 1966. He is often called the "missing link" a title earned because of his wide range of acquaintances across several different genres of art. Indeed, he is credited with introducing Surrealism to the U.S and was instrumental in ensuring Andre Breton was able to obtain a visa to visit New York.

Born in London in 1901 Medici was the only son in a family of seven daughters. As the eldest child he was expected to work quite young in order to aid the household finances. Apprenticed to a Shoreditch printmaker the young aspiring artist would have been exposed to the racier elements of the new photographic genre as well as the work of lithographers, who were much in the ascendancy at this time.

Only 19, Medici fled the life of poverty he had in London and tried to make his way as an artist in Paris. He became acquainted with the myriad of art movements and artists abounding in the city. For a short time he