First trade edition of the Artists’ Cookbook, a compilation exploring the intersection of art and food, published in 1978 by the Museum of Modern Art New York and distributed by Harry N. Abrams. Written by Madeleine Conway and Nancy Kirk, the book features 155 recipes by 30 contemporary artists including Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Christo, Salvador Dali, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Willem De Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, George Segal, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselman. Each entry typically includes a culinary interview with the artist along with favorite recipes and a photograph. 8vo ( 6.75” x 9.25”), pictorial wrappers with metal spiral binding, 165 pages, b/w photographs by Blaine Waller and others; book design by Betty Binns. Light bumping and rubbing to wrappers. Contents near fine.
First trade edition of the Artists’ Cookbook, a compilation exploring the intersection of art and food, published in 1978 by the Museum of Modern Art New York and distributed by Harry N. Abrams. Written by Madeleine Conway and Nancy Kirk, the book features 155 recipes by 30 contemporary artists including Romare Bearden, Louise Bourgeois, Christo, Salvador Dali, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Willem De Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Alice Neel, Larry Rivers, George Segal, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselman. Each entry typically includes a culinary interview with the artist along with favorite recipes and a photograph. 8vo ( 6.75” x 9.25”), pictorial wrappers with metal spiral binding, 165 pages, b/w photographs by Blaine Waller and others; book design by Betty Binns. Light bumping and rubbing to wrappers. Contents near fine.
