ARTISTS DESIGN FURNITURE
Denise Domergue
Denise Domergue: ARTISTS DESIGN FURNITURE. New York City: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984. First edition. A nearly fine hardcover book in a very good dust jacket: jacket lightly worn and scuffed. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.
9 x 1.25 hardcover book with 176 pages and 230 illustrations, 74 in color. 200 examples of artist-made furniture in the United States c. 1984. Includes an introduction outlining the history of artist-made furniture and interviews and works by 67 contemporary artists.
From the introduction: ". . . In my circle of acquaintances alone there were artists doing astonishing things in an area tangential to their art. Poking around studios and living spaces, I ran across pieces of furniture the likes of which I had never seen before, and this furniture had all been made by the artists themselves. Furthermore I found that there was little communication among the artists about this seemingly clandestine side line in which they were engaged."
Includes work by Isamu Noguchi, Richard Artschwager, Rafael Barrios, Wendell Castle, Colette, Jim Dine, Mark di Suvero, Robert Guillot, James Hong, Dakota Jackson, Neil Jenney, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ernest Trova, Robert Wilson and many many more.