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Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Paris. 1977 (1991).: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 956pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. Cover by Larry Rivers. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1905-1968). This is the massive 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 handsome example of the smaller format, redesigned 1991 Centre Georges Pompidou and Gallimard edition in flexible boards showing just a bit of wear and handling to the extremities. 2-07-011224-1 Inventory Number: 023378