A CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS

New York: Museum of Modern Art (M.O.M.A.), 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Quarto. brick-colored cloth-covered boards (11 1/4 in. x 10 in.), with midnight-blue endpapers. A lavish production spearheaded by Ms. Castleman, then Chief Curator in the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art. 264 pages. 224 illustrations, 76 in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition A Century of Artists Books, organized by Riva Castleman, Chief Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated books, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 23, 1994-January 24, 1995. This constituted "the most extensive and wide-ranging survey of modern illustrated books to be offered in many years, presenting work by artists from Pierre Bonnard to Barbara Kruger and writers from Guillaume Apollinaire to Susan Sontag. It is the most complete survey in English on this subject and an important reference for collectors and conoisseurs, as well as a delight for any lover of fine books..." (Notes, dustjacket flap).