Name/Title
A century of artists booksEntry/Object ID
N7433.3.C37Description
This splendid celebration of the illustrated book as an art form begins with remarkable works produced in France by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin at the end of the 19th century, and traces the international development of the modern illustrated book to the last decade of the 20th century. Major artists of the modern movement, among them Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, turned to the "illumination" of poems, classical literature, and their own writings to make books that are now collectors' objects, luxuriously produced. Such limited editions have continued to be produced alongside other types of artists' books aimed at a much larger audience. The more available artists' books have served a different purpose, often expressing aesthetic and political principles, in the hands of such artists as Kasimir Malevich, Marcel Duchamp, Ed Ruscha, Joseph Beuys, and Barbara Kruger. Accompanying texts consider the historical background, complex relationships between artists and book manufacturers, technical constraints, and recent changes.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
artists' books, exhibitionsLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Riva Castleman, Museum of Modern Art (New York)Publisher
Museum of Modern Art (New York)Date Published
1994Call No.
N7433.3.C37ISBN
870701525, 9780870701528Notes
Length: 263General Notes
Note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 23 October 1994-24 January 1995.Note Type
ContentsNote
Barbara Kruger -- Francesco Clemente -- Mimmo Palladino -- Louise Bourgeois -- Pablo Picasso -- Tullio D'Albisola -- Bruno Munari -- Enrico Baj -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Robert Delaunay -- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner -- Wifredo Lam -- Henry Moore -- Andy Warhol -- Dieter Roth.
Pierre Alechinsky -- Antoni Tapies -- Not Vital -- Howard Hodgkin -- Jurgen Partenheimer -- Genevieve Asse -- Jean Fautriere -- Matta -- Alberto Giacometti -- Nicolas De Stael -- Gunther Vecker -- Eduardo Chillida -- Joan Mitchell -- Jim Dine -- Robert Indiana -- David Hockney -- Judith Shea -- Jasper Johns -- Robert Ryman -- Ellsworth Kelly -- Mel Bochner -- Leonard Baskin -- Anselm Kiefer -- Grace Hartigan.