Kunst Der Sechziger Jahre Sammlung Ludwig

Koln: Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1969. Softcover. Fine. Second edition, and first enlarged and corrected edition with much new material not in the first edition. Large quarto. Circa 250pp. Illustrated. Thick embossed acetate wrappers over pictorial wrappers with plastic, screw-bound spine. Slight foxing on topedge, still a fine copy. Inscribed by Robert Indiana at one of his contributions in the text: "For Matt, my best, R. Indiana. Dartmouth. 28.VII.'70."

A wonderful exhibition catalogue of the contemporary art collection of Dr. Peter Ludwig, placed on permanent loan to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum. The collection contains important work by Josef Albers, Carl Andre, Arman, Beuys, Peter Blake, John Chamberlain, Jim Dine, Dubuffet, Robert Graham, Richard Hamilton, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Kitaj, Yves Klein, Sol LeWitt, Lichtenstein, Lindner, Morris Louis, Marisol, Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Oldenburg, Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, George Segal, Serra, Stella, Tapies, Tinguely, Twombly, Vasarely, Warhol, Wesselmann et al. The catalogue is lavishly produced, printed on various textures of paper from thin styrofoam to heavy brown paper to acetate sheets. All of the artists works are reproduced in full color on full-page, tipped-in plates. In addition, each artist represented is photographed on an acetate overlay preceding the artists works.