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1983 · 19979 — New York City NY: Museum Of Modern Art 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. New York City NY: Museum Of Modern Art 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 216 pages. Exhibition Monograph. One of the greatest art books of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with the Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by MOMA: Oversize-volume format. Linen cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine as issued. Art by various artists a Who's Who of late-19th century Impressionist and early to mid-20th century Modernist art. Text by curator John Elderfield. List of Plates and Artists appended at the end. Printed on pristine-white thick coated stock paper in Milan Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition of the same name held at the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in 1983. Presents "The Modern Drawing". A rich and rewarding sampling from the more than 6000 pieces in the MOMA's Permanent Collection at the time of publication. It selectively showcases the range and genius of artists in works "in the traditional drawing mediums - pencil ink charcoal - but also watercolor pastel papier colles and other related forms. These are classics of their kind among the greatest of all modern drawings: Arp Brancusi Cezanne Ernst Johns Van Gogh Gorky Grosz Kandinsky Klee Malevich Marin Matisse Miro Picasso Pollock Rauschenberg Schwitters and Seurat among many others" MOMA . In the case of a figure like Picasso perhaps the greatest artist of the 20th century the foundation as well as the achievement of his entire oeuvre is rooted in his "sculpture-cum-drawing" aesthetics and practice. An indispensable guide. An absolute "must-have" title for Modern art collectors. This copy is quite special: It was the personal copy of the great artist/photographer Ben Shahn indicated as such by the "Ex Libris" bookplate that is neatly and discreetly pasted on the corner of the front free endpaper. This title is a great art book. This is the only such copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean crisp and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. 100 color plates. Some of the greatest artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. A fine copy. . ISBN 0870703021. Museum Of Modern Art hardcover