Splendid Pages: Modern Illustrated Books

by Julie Mellby

Splendid Pages documents a major, unpublished collection of twentieth-century book arts, incorporating classic lives d'artistes, unique book-objects, mass-produced artists' books from the 1960s, visual poetry, altered novels and portfolios of prints. The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, now at the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, provides a comprehensive international overview of the history of modern book arts, featuring work from Eastern and Western Europe and the United States as well as Central and South America and Asia. One of its particular highlights is a stunning group of seventy-three books with original prints by Picasso.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2003