Freeing the Line, Marian Goodman Gallery, 2006, HC Eva Hesse, Julie Mehretu

de Zegher, Catherine, Freeing the Line. New York: Marian Goodman Gallery, 2006.

English, Very Good, 9" x 10 1/4" hardcover.

ISBN: 0944219071

Very Good group exhibition catalog, white paper over board with stamped black lettering to front cover and spine, noticeable dent to bottom edge of front and back covers not affecting text block, dent to top edge, pages pressure warped, but clean, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Good transparent pictorial dustjacket, some rubbing and scuffing, soiling to back and edges, else intact, showing no chips or tears, and protected by a paper-backed mylar sleeve. 110 pp. Replete with black-and-white photographs of the works of Eva Hesse, Richard Tuttle, Gego, Karel Malich, Monika Grzymala, Joelle Tuerlinckx, Ranjani Shettar and Julie Mehretu. Includes Acknowledgments, Preface by Marian Goodman, essays from the author on each included artist throughout, and art plates each presented here on transparent vellum. This catalog was created for the exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York June 22 to August 26, 2006. From the opening essay: "Tentative lines in thin air bring these artists together at the Marian Goodman Gallery in New York. As one enters the space, there is almost nothing to see. And yet this visual economy of sublime and subtle marks translates into conceptions of drawing - shared by the artists across generations and cultures - that taken together are nothing less than groundbreaking in both method and implication." Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick.