The Machine by K. G. Pontus Hulten - 1968

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [2], 3-216. Frontis. Black & white photograph of "Homage to New York," a self-constructing and self-destroying work of art by Jean Tinguely. Laden with black & white photography and illustrations. Notes. Index. Bound in stamped tin boards depicting in color a NYC street scene with MOMA as the centerpiece. Spine just a tad tarnished. Swedish art collector and museum director K. G. Pontus Hulten, (1924-2006), compiled this catalog for the MOMA exhibition, 1968-1969, for which he served as curator. Hulten described the show as a "collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world," particularly in the modern age when "the mechanical machine - which can most easily be defined as an imitation of our muscles - is losing its dominating position among the tools of mankind; while electronic and chemical devices - which imitate the processes of the brain and the nervous system - are becoming increasingly… Read More

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Thus. Metal. Good. Metal illustrated covers show light wear/scuffing and scratches to edges and covers of book, meatl spine is moderately tarnished, covers are gently bowed. Book body is clean, illustrated in b/w, pages lightly age-toned.

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 216 pages. Metal cover. Many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy. Record # 853206

New York: Museum of Modern Art. VG. 1968.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Very Good+. (1968). Color Aluminum Pictorial Covers. 216pp., numerous illustrations, beautiful unscratched aluminum color pictorial covers .

NY: Museum of Modern Art, [1968].. Hardbound in metal covers with embossed color design. First edition. Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition. Profusely illustrated. Fine (few pin-head-size specks of rust to back cover).

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. . 8vo. 216 pp. Very Good with staining on pages and rusting on edges of covers. Hard cover. Embossed and printed metal board covers with hinged binding. Mostly Color plates. Featuring works by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Fernand Leger, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Breer et al. First Edition.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardback. Fine. as seen at the end of the mechanical age. Illustrated. 4to. NY (MOMA) 1968. Pictorial tinplate. Inscription (from Harry Duncan) on the flyleaf else a fine copy.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.