Author: K. G. PONTUS HULTEN
Title: The Machine As Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age
Description: New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition (?). Hardcover. B & W and Color; 9.40 X 8.30 X 0.10 inches; 218 pages; Covers are most unusual, made out of stamped metal, with a very colorful front cover. Metal hinges; light rubbing, scuffing to covers and spine. Former owner's sticker and small sticker residue spot on front leaf. Pages are clean and tight. Lavishly illustrated with mostly b/w art from the 15th century [Leonardo da Vinci] to 1968 [Lillian Schwartz, et al]. Artist's index. This was one of the most important exhibitions of the 1960s dealing with art and technology. The show was held at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 25, 1968 - February 9, 1969. Its curator K. G. Pontus Hultén described it as a "collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world," particularly in the modern age when "the mechanical machine - which can most easily be defined as an imitation of our muscles - is losing its dominating position among the tools of mankind; while electronic and chemical devices - which imitate the processes of the brain and the nervous system - are becoming increasingly important." The exhibition traveled to University of St. Thomas, Houston, March 25 - May 18, 1969; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco June 23 - August 24, 1969. Extra heavy 4#.. Very Good+ .

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