Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s-1970s

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art / The MIT Press, 2004. Hardcover. VG- (Few marks from previous gallery owner; interior is clean and sharp; front cover has a few small stray dings and dents.). Glossy silver boards. 239 pp. Numerous color & bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 2004-2005 exhibitions. Examines the history of post-World War II abstract art, examining the role of radically simplified form and systematic strategies in vanguard work from Central and Western Europe and North and South America. With essays by Lynn Zelevansky, Valerie L. Hillings, Miklos Peternak, Brandon LaBelle, Peter Frank, and Ines Katzenstein, and many examples of relevant geometric art.