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PARIS - NEW YORK
Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 729pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. Cover by Larry Rivers. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1905-1968). In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1977 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and New York during the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over two hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays by the likes of Henri Langlois, Elliott Carter, Jean Prouve, Donald Karshan, Robert Lebel, Claude Levi-Strauss, David Hare, William Copley, Robert Motherwell, Harold Rosenberg, Pierre Restany, Leo Castelli, Ileana Sonnabend, Daniel Cordier, Daniel Abadie, Alfred Pacquement, Billy Kluver, and more. A bright, handsome example showing some wear and small crimps to the extremities of the boards. Inventory Number: 020826