Original exhibition catalog for Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana—Festival of Contemporary Arts, March 1–April 12, 1953. Pictorial wraps with classic mid-century typography and design. Illustrated throughout, including a color frontispiece after Ben Shahn (“Second Allegory”) and numerous B/W plates (e.g., Ibram Lassaw “Ascension of Inanna,” Bernard Karfiol “Nude on Red Couch,” Fletcher Martin “Wonderful Object,” Frank Russell “Star Watchers”).
Includes committee and jury pages (C. V. Donovan, J. D. Hogan, A. S. Weller), acknowledgments of lending galleries, and the University sales notice. Complete.
Format: softcover, perfect-bound pictorial wraps. (Typical octavo; approx. 10 x 7 in)
Publisher: University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts, 1953.
Visual Condition Report
Covers: rubbing and small abrasions; edge/corner wear with tiny chips and a crease to lower rear corner; spine rubbed with small losses at head/heel (see photos).
Interior: pages clean with light age toning at margins; plates sharp; no writing or underlining observed.
Binding: sound and square.
A strong copy of a sought exhibition catalog highlighting postwar American painting and sculpture with several notable artists represented.
 
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