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ROBERT HEINECKEN: 1984: A CASE STUDY IN FINDING AN APPROPRIATE TV NEWSWOMAN (A CBS DOCUDRAMA IN WORDS AND PICTURES)
(HEINECKEN, ROBERT). Heinecken, Robert. Los Angeles: NP (Self-Published), 1986. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (16pp), 16 color illustrations. Designed by Robert Shaw. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "1984: A Case Study in Finding an Appropriate TV Newswoman (A CBS Docudrama in Words and Pictures)" is noted late photographer Robert Heinecken's self-published 1986 artist's book that presents screen captures of permutations of video composites of then-contemporary CBS male News anchors Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumbel, David Hartman, Bill Kurtis, and Steve Baskerville with subordinate female broadcast journalists Diane Sawyer, Jane Pauley, Joan Lunden, Susan Spencer, Jane Wallace, Connie Chung, Maria Shriver, Meredith Viera, Vanessa Williams, Carol Martin, Pat Collins, and Phyllis George in a tart meditation on the rampant gender and power imbalance of the day. Or now. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. LC 86-91872 Inventory Number: 026026