Monograph on American artist Alexander Calder, first edition thus, published in 1951 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and distributed by Simon and Schuster. An expanded edition of the catalog that accompanied a 1943 Calder retrospective at MoMA. The original exhibition, along with the lead essay by art critic and MoMA curator James Johnson Sweeney, helped cement Calder’s status in the mid-century American art pantheon. 8vo (7.6” x 10.25”), hardcover with dust jacket, 80 pages with b/w plates from photographs of Calder sculptures, mobiles, jewelry, etc including installation shots and promotional materials. Biographical notes and bibliography at end. Inscribed by Calder on the title page to Arthur Luce Klein and Luce Arthur Klein, husband-and-wife co-founders in 1956 of Spoken Arts, a pioneering company in the field of recorded literature that paved the way for the audiobooks industry. Arthur Klein was also a theater director, educator, and actor; Luce Arthur earned a PhD in French literature from Columbia University and had an antiques shop in the Spoken Arts Building in New Rochelle, NY. The inscription reads: To Arthur Luce and Luce Arthur Klein in the hopes that we can throw a disk, together/Sandy Calder 10 Jan 59. It is not known if Calder ever made a recording (or tossed a Frisbee) with the Kleins, but the full-page layout of the inscription forms an aesthetically pleasing composition, bespeaking intentionality—a planned gift rather than an impromptu autograph. Slight lean to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with foxing towards top corner of front board. Mild foxing to first and last two leaves. Light rubbing and moderate chipping to dj.
Monograph on American artist Alexander Calder, first edition thus, published in 1951 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and distributed by Simon and Schuster. An expanded edition of the catalog that accompanied a 1943 Calder retrospective at MoMA. The original exhibition, along with the lead essay by art critic and MoMA curator James Johnson Sweeney, helped cement Calder’s status in the mid-century American art pantheon. 8vo (7.6” x 10.25”), hardcover with dust jacket, 80 pages with b/w plates from photographs of Calder sculptures, mobiles, jewelry, etc including installation shots and promotional materials. Biographical notes and bibliography at end. Inscribed by Calder on the title page to Arthur Luce Klein and Luce Arthur Klein, husband-and-wife co-founders in 1956 of Spoken Arts, a pioneering company in the field of recorded literature that paved the way for the audiobooks industry. Arthur Klein was also a theater director, educator, and actor; Luce Arthur earned a PhD in French literature from Columbia University and had an antiques shop in the Spoken Arts Building in New Rochelle, NY. The inscription reads: To Arthur Luce and Luce Arthur Klein in the hopes that we can throw a disk, together/Sandy Calder 10 Jan 59. It is not known if Calder ever made a recording (or tossed a Frisbee) with the Kleins, but the full-page layout of the inscription forms an aesthetically pleasing composition, bespeaking intentionality—a planned gift rather than an impromptu autograph. Slight lean to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with foxing towards top corner of front board. Mild foxing to first and last two leaves. Light rubbing and moderate chipping to dj.
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