City of Ambition: Artists and New York, 1900-1960

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Flammarion, 1996. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "NYNY: City of Ambition" at the Whitney Museum of American Art, July 3 to October 27, 1996. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "An exhibition of paintings, sculpture, films, and prints that capture how New York has inspired an unprecedented artistic outpouring from 1900-1960." CONTENTS: Director's Foreword, by David A. Ross; Preface, by Elisabeth Sussman; Longed-For Neighbors, by Brendan Gill; 1900-1918 A New Century Begins; 1915-1925 The Modern City; 1925-1932 Reaching for the Sky; 1929-1939 Life in the Metropolis; 1939-1945 On the Town; 1945-1960 An Age of Optimism; Works in the Exhibition; Acknowledgments, by Elisabeth Sussman.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.