The best of both worlds
Subtitle: finely printed livres d'artistes, 1910-2010
By: Jerry Kelly, Riva Castleman, and Anne H. Hoy ; with a preface by Peter Strauss
Contributors: Castleman, Riva; Hoy, Anne H.; Grolier Club
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grolier Club; David R. Godine
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781567924312
Subjects: Artists' illustrated books; Exhibitions
Other titles: Finely printed livres d'artistes, 1910-2010
Description: Artists' books always contain art, and the art often serves as the primary reason for the book's existence. And the history of bookmaking, since the Gutenberg Bible, contains examples of books whose typographic and design excellence is immediately apparent and beyond dispute, but which contain no art. Occasionally, the two worlds intersect and overlap, resulting in books as noteworthy for their artwork as their printing, as praiseworthy for their artistic content as their design and manufacturing. In this full color selection of 77 books from Europe and the Americas, the authors select, and comment upon the "best of both worlds": books whose pages reveal the best graphic work of the past century; artwork from the hands of masters as diverse as Braque, Calder, Dine, Hockney, Mapplethorpe, Matisse, Maillol, Picasso, Oldenburg and Rivers -- coupled with memorable texts orchestrated by the best designers, printers, and binders.
Notes: Published to accompany an exhibition curated by Riva Castleman, Anne H. Hoy & Jerry Kelly held at the Grolier Club, N.Y., May-July 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.