Painting Object Film Concept: Works from the Herbig Collection

New York: Christie's, 1998. Paperback. VG- (Mylar cover has aged and carries slight soiling; page edges are beginning to tan; text and illus. are good.). White wraps, mylar cover with yellow stripes, 268 pp., 118 color plates. This catalogue of works from the Jost and Barbara Herbig collection contains works by 27 artists, both German and American. The Herbigs lived in Cologne, Germany in the 1960s and collected works by the avant-garde who exhibited there. Includes preface by Lord Hindlip, introduction by Richard Francis, and five essays: "That was then, and this is now : the view from New York" / Phyllis Tuchman -- "Nostalgia and memory : legacies of the 1960s in recent work" / James Meyer -- "How does an exhibition come into being?" / Harald Szeemann -- "When attitudes become form" / Scott Burton. Also includes annotated catalogue arranged in alphabetcial order by artist, with biographical information, and provenance.