Peter Galassi; Robert Storr; Anne Umland — Making Choices: 1929, 1939, 1948, 1955

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A very pleasing first edition of this celebration of four years in the history of modern art from Peter Galassi, Robert Storr, and Anne Umland. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and six images, one hundred and sixty-two of which are in colour, with one hundred and forty-four in duotone. Focusing on four particular years, being 1929, 1939, 1948, and 1955, this work celebrates the variety of modern artworks housed on the collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Presenting complex cross sections evoking the range of opportunities, challenges, and choices faced by artists in all mediums during periods of great social and political turmoil. Written by Peter Johnston Galassi, an American writer, curator, and art historian working in the field of photography, Robert Storr, an American curator, critic, painter, and writer, and Anne Umland, an American art historian and curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.