The Platforms: 22 Drawings of America Selecting a President [Inscribed]
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- [New York: N.P., 1960]
[New York: N.P., 1960]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (33.5 x 25cm); 23 sheets of hand-made paper, printed on rectos only and spiral-bound on left side. Inscribed on inside of front cover: "To John and Jean / Good luck on your Buffalo Bill Wild West Show / Love Adolph and Suzanne." Light dusting and subtle, even toning to covers, with shallow, moderate stain to lower right edge of rear cover and terminal leaves; Very Good+
Extremely early and uncommon artist's book by the well-known Milwaukee painter and sculptor. "The Platforms" is a collection of frenetic, barely-figural line studies, providing a satirical view of the 1960 Presidential election; for reasons not entirely clear to this cataloguer, the IBM Corporation is featured heavily (and quite negatively) in the visual narrative - perhaps a reference to the incursion of computer technology into the forecasting of American political contests, which had begun with IBM's UNIVAC computer predicting Eisenhower's victory over Adlai Stevenson in 1956. Rosenblatt (1934-2017) studied with Josef Albers at Yale; in 1966 he relocated with his wife Suzanne to Milwaukee, where he became a long-tenured (and much-beloved) professor of Art at UW-M. The book must have been produced in very small numbers, as OCLC notes only 5 holdings (3 in Wisconsin; two others at MOMA and SUNY Binghamton).
Extremely early and uncommon artist's book by the well-known Milwaukee painter and sculptor. "The Platforms" is a collection of frenetic, barely-figural line studies, providing a satirical view of the 1960 Presidential election; for reasons not entirely clear to this cataloguer, the IBM Corporation is featured heavily (and quite negatively) in the visual narrative - perhaps a reference to the incursion of computer technology into the forecasting of American political contests, which had begun with IBM's UNIVAC computer predicting Eisenhower's victory over Adlai Stevenson in 1956. Rosenblatt (1934-2017) studied with Josef Albers at Yale; in 1966 he relocated with his wife Suzanne to Milwaukee, where he became a long-tenured (and much-beloved) professor of Art at UW-M. The book must have been produced in very small numbers, as OCLC notes only 5 holdings (3 in Wisconsin; two others at MOMA and SUNY Binghamton).
Details
Title
The Platforms: 22 Drawings of America Selecting a President [Inscribed]
Author
[ARTIST'S BOOKS] ROSENBLATT, Adolph
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
N.P.: [New York
Date
1960]
Edition
First Edition