CALDER

NY: Van Nostrand, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Presentation copy from Calder to book's author Arnason. Inscribed by Calder on the title page to H. Harvard Arnason, with an exclamation coming from Calder's mouth in a photograph of him opposite page: "Hello Harvey! Glad you survived. Sandy Calder". Arnason, in turn, inscribed the book on the upper right corner ffe "to Robert Goldwater and Louise Bourgeois with affection and respect extending over many years Harvard Arnason 6/21/67" Arnason (1909 - 1986) was an art-historian, educator and museum administrator, who served as executive at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC in the 1960s and authored many books; his "History of Modern Art" (1968) remains the authoritative textbook on the topic. Robert Goldwater (1907 - 1973) was an art historian, African arts scholar and the first director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, from 1957 to 1973. Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010), French artist and sculptor, was his wife. Book near fine; dustjacket spine heavily faded.