The Eloquent Object: The Evolution of Amer. Art in Craft Media since 1945, 1st Ed., 1987, HC, NF, w/DJ.

Lippard, Lucy R. et al. Tulsa: The Philbrook Museum of Art, 1987.

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 12 1/4" x 11 1/2", 289 pp. 

ISBN: 0866590064

Hardcover in blue cloth, Very Good brown pictorial dust jacket, multiple pieces of laid-in ephemera, including a pamphlet of the exhibition, newspaper articles, and other related materials. Light sunning to edges; some wear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 289 pp. Replete with 160 full-color and 142 duotone images. Includes 11 chapters discussing craft art, through multiple viewpoints from writers such as Lucy R. Lippard. Explores the many voices of Americans after WWII and how it effected values, attitudes, resources and more, seen through the wide variety of materials used to craft by the 100+ artists included here. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition "The Eloquent Object" starting at The Philbrook Museum of Art from September 20, 1987 to January 3, 1988. Beautifully produced compilation of craft art and analysis of the diversity of perspective on this form of art.