The American Century: Art & Culture 1900-2000 (2 vol. set)
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art / W. W. Norton, 1999. Hardbound. 2 vols. Black cloth, with black or white & color illustrated dust jacket; matching black cloth slipcase with paper title and description inlays. Vol. 1: 408 pp., 721 mostly color plates and illus. Vol. 2: 398 pp., 608 bw & color plates. VG (Slipcase has some scuffs; v.2 has slight soiling at bottom of two pages; includes loose newpaper and magazine articles about the exhibition.). Item #138732
A blockbuster of a show, this two-volume set serves as the catalogue for a two-part exhibition that represented the best works of the century, as shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art. The first volume covers 1900-1950 and was compiled by Barbara Haskell; the second volume covers 1950-2000 and was compiled by Lisa Phillips. A very useful catalogue, with wonderful topic-specific bibliographies.
Price: $50.00