Featuring the work of 14 European painters and 8 European sculptors of the 1950s: Bazaine, Dubuffet, Hajdu, Manessier, Pignon, Richier, Soulages, Uhlmann, Werner, Winter, Armitage, Bacon, Butler, Chadwick, Scott, Afro, Burri, Capogrossi, Minguzzi, Mirko, Appel and Vieira da Silva. Includes a Catalogue of the Exhibition of the works of these artists that appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art in the mid-1950s. There is a selected bibliography by Bernard Karpel, Librarian of the Museum of Modern Art. 111 pp. Published in 1955 and edited by Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, this rare book from MoMA Publications is available in extremely limited quantities. Each book from this special selection has been stored for decades in MoMA's warehouse. MoMA's award-winning publications program has been an integral part of the Museum's mission since its founding in 1929. These exhibition- and collection-related titles are renowned for their high production values. Please note that the cover photo is for reference only and does not reflect the actual condition of the book being sold.
