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NEW YORK: NEW ART SCENE
(MULAS, UGO). Solomon, Alan & Ugo Mulas. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Good +. 344pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Michele Provinciale. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "New York: New Art Scene" is Ugo Mulas' oversized, beautifully designed and printed homage to Manhattan's exploding art world of the mid-sixties. With a text by the Jewish Museum's forward thinking curator Alan Solomon running throughout, it includes unparalleled photographic documentation of the burgeoning Pop Art scene as well as in-depth studio visits by the distinguished Italian lensman with Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann. A bright, most handsome example with unbroken hinges and a sturdy binding of this highly sought-after item (cited on pages 230-231 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 186-187 of "The Book of 101 Books") bearing a non-authorial gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper in the publisher's fragile, price-clipped dust jacket. that shows some wear, creasing, age-toning, and some pare loss to the spine. All in all, this is a much sharper copy in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. LC 67-11535 Inventory Number: 025804