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A REPORT ON THE ART AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 1967-1971
(ART AND TECHNOLOGY). Tuchman, Maurice. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 388pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is the extensive catalogue published in conjunction with the landmark 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition entitled "Art and Technology". It chronicles in detail the massive four year Maurice Tuchman-curated project that attempted to pair innovative contemporary artists - many Southern California-based - with technology and manufacturing corporations. Due to a number of considerations, only a fraction of these potential collaborations came to fruition. The artists that submitted proposals were Stephen Antonakos, Avigdor Arikha, Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Iain Baxter, Larry Bell, Max Bill, Ronald Bladen, George Brecht, James Lee Byars, Anthony Caro, John Chamberlain, Christo, Ron Cooper, Francois Dallegret, Ron Davis, Walter de Maria, Mark di Suvero, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Dupuy, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Dan Flavin, Sam Francis, Hans Haacke, Newton Harrison, Erich Hartmann, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, Aleksandra Kasuba, Ellsworth Kelly, Philip King, R.B. Kitaj, Piotr Kowalski, Rockne Krebs, Wesley Duke Lee, Les Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Len Lye, Jackson MacLow, Robert Mallary, Charles Mattox, John McCracken, Glenn McKay, Boyd Mefford, Michael Moore, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Jules Olitski, Eduardo Paolozzi, Otto Piene, Pulsa, Robert Rauschenberg, Jesse Reichek, Vjencenslav Richter, James Rosenquist, James Seawright, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Takis, Gerhard Trommer, James Turrell, Victor Vasarely, Stephan Von Huene, Peter Voulkos, Andy Warhol, Robert Watts, Martial Westberg, Robert Whitman, and William T. Wiley. The sponsors included such firms as Ampex, the Container Corporation of America, Cowles Communications, Dart Industries, Gemini G.E.L., Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kaiser Steel, Lear Siegler, Litton Industries, Lockheed, Pan-Am Airways, The RAND Corporation, RCA, TRW, and Universal Studios. An unusually handsome example of the paperbound first edition showing some typical light wear and creasing along the spine along with the discreet signature of its previous owner, the late great Los Angeles artist and educator Emerson Woelffer in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 025166