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SIX PAINTERS AND THE OBJECT
Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Thomas M. Messer. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1963. First Edition 1/3000. Tall 8vo. Stapled Decorative Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. np (14pp), 6 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Designed by Herbert Matter. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. One of the very first American Museum surveys of Pop Art, the Guggenheim Museum's "Six Painters and The Object" was the predecessor to curator Lawrence Alloway's exhibition of West Coast artists held later that same year at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art entitled "Six More". His prescient selection of participants included Jim Dine, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, seminal document showing some mild wear and creasing to its rainbow-hued covers. Inventory Number: 027417