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Galassi, Peter. New York: The Museum of Modern Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Survey. Fine.. 128pp, 95 color and 58 b&w illustrations. Designed by Michael Hentges. With an exhibition checklist. "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort" presents a varied and challenging cross-section of contemporary work, all of it devoted to life at home. The current state of the American Dream of domestic happiness is examined in this major photography exhibition, and while it makes no attempt at sociological objectivity, the many voices it assembles have much to say about life in the eighties." The participants in Peter Galassi's landmark 1991 The Museum of Modern Art survey consisted of Robert Adams, Nicolas Africano, Joan Albert, Tom Bamberger, Tina Barney, Mary Berridge, Geoffrey Biddle, Judith Black, Ken Botto, Andrew Brilliant, Ellen Brooks, Peter Brown, Jo Ann Callis, James Casebere, Bruce Charlesworth, Albert Chong, Maude Schuyler Clay, Eileen Cowin, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Doug DuBois, William Eggleston, Larry Fink, Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, David Goldes, Nan Goldin, Jill Graham, Susan Kandel, Mary Kocol, Pok Chi Lau, Frank Majore, Sally Mann, Abelardo Morell, Marilyn Nance, Nic Nicosia, Nicholas Nixon, Lorie Novak, Kathy O'Connor, John Pinderhughes, Melissa Ann Pinney, David Prifti, Marvin Rhodes, Thomas Roma, Sheron Rupp, Gabrielle Russomagno, Adrienne Salinger, Cindy Sherman, Stephen Shore, Laurie Simmons, Sage Sohier, Joni Sternbach, Joel Sternfeld, Jock Sturge, Larry Sultan, Anne Turyn, JoAnn Verburg, Wolf Von dem Bussche, Jo Ann Walters, Carrie Mae Weems, Henry Wessel, Jr., and Neil Winokur. A brand new, most handsome example of the first MoMA printing - issued only in a paper binding - that features Philip-Lorca diCorcia's riveting image of child actor Bryan Madorsky staring warily at a platter of faux long pig on the set of the movie "Parents." 0-87070-192-4 Inventory Number: 027483