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Soviet Prints at Binghamton, New York
It sounds improbable: an American exhibition of Soviet art in the middle of the Cold War. But one happened at Binghamton in 1968.
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The Mid-Century San Francisco Art Scene
This book provides a firsthand account of the Bay Area scene, focusing on the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
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A Hermit in the Himalayas
This book stands out from the other spiritual volumes and many other publications in Hilla Rebay’s collection because it contained pressed flowers and photographs and had several pencil marks on its...
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Christopher Wool: Sound on Sound Exhibition
In fall 2010, the Chicago gallery Corbett vs. Dempsey held an exhibition of Christopher Wool that featured this catalogue.
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1942 Sculptors Guild Exhibition Champions “Progressive” Works
This catalogue is from the fourth group exhibition of the Sculptors Guild, a New York–based collective founded in 1937 to support American sculptors during the Great Depression and to nourish...
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1972 Exhibition of Japanese Art in Milan
This 1972 catalogue from an exhibition in Milan did not just represent the art that was displayed, but gave each of the artists presented free rein over its pages.
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A Startling Lichtenstein-Inspired Spine
The image of the gun on the spine of this book comes from a 1964 Roy Lichtenstein–designed felt banner, produced, amusingly enough, by the Betsy Ross American Flag and Banner Company.
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Winsome Book Covers from the Hilla Rebay Library
Even though we’ve all been told to not judge books by their covers, the library staff decided to highlight some books with particularly winsome covers.
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The Hand-Lettered Title on Yoko Ono’s Artist Book
Grapefruit, an artist book written by Yoko Ono, was originally published in 1964. The cover of each features a title hand-written by the artist.
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Judging Books by Their Covers: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library Special...
Today, the library staff has selected highlights from the constantly growing Rare Books and Special Collections in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Library.
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