Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 - Softcover

Johnson, Robert Flynn; Stein, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500237948 ISBN 13: 9780500237946

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

At the beginning of the 20th century, artists' books abandoned extravagant and costly editions in favour of aesthetic and technological experimentation produced through inexpensive photomechanical means. Designed for distribution to a wide audience and printed in large editions, these volumes were often bold, colourful and accessible. The Logan Collection, the best of which is presented here, surveys late nineteenth and twentieth-century developments in the genre of artists' books. Notable for its masterpieces and the superb quality of its more than four hundred artists' books, it provides the most comprehensive historical overview of the genre available today. Some of the most prestigious publishers of the 20th century - among them Ambroise Vollard, Albert Skira, Gerald Cramer and Iliazd - have engaged the imagination of the finest artists - among them. Picasso, Malevich, Kandinsky, Kokoschka and Matisse - to collaborate on the creation of the vibrant publications celebrated in this volume.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Flynn Johnson is Curator in Charge of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where he has worked since 1975. Among his other books is Plant Kingdoms: The Photographs of Charles Jones, also published by Thames & Hudson. Donna Stein is an independent curator and essayist. She has organized exhibitions for a variety of prestigious galleries and museums in the United States, among them The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and has published numerous articles and books related to her curatorial interests.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0500237948
• ISBN 13: 9780500237946
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304