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Chicago, Judy : The Dinner Party: A Symbol Of Our Heritage

Anchor Press / Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1979

ISBN 0385145667

255pp. Color Illustrations. Signed and dated by Judy Chicago on half title. Rubber stamped with large, but very faint, FREE on front free endpaper. DJ has some small chips and repaired tears. Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen, 1939) is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture. The Dinner Party, now in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, took Chicago five years and cost about $250, 000 to complete. Chicago conceived the project in her Santa Monica studio: a large triangle, which measures 48 -feet by 43-feet by 36-feet, consisting of 39 place settings. Each place setting commemorates a historical or mythical female figure, such as artists, goddesses, activists and martyrs. The project came into fruition with the assistance of over 400 people, mainly women, who volunteered to assist in needlework, creating sculptures and other aspects of the process, Small 4to, Very Good+ in Good+ DJ

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Chicago, Judy : The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage

Doubleday, U.S.A., 1979

ISBN 0385145667

XL. Black cloth covers have sharp corners with lower back worn. A little fading at upper and lower spine edge, otherwise very clean with gilt lettering on spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 255 pages with lavish illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is tattered at top spine, is price clipped, has edge wear, chipping at hinge edges; no tears greater than 1/2". The story behind the creation of the monumental feminist scuplture The Dinner Party, a project which took years to complete. Illustrated with many full color plates and black and white photographs showing the construction of the component pieces, which included 39 ceramic place settings, embroidered runners and a heritage floor honoring 999 women of achievement (includes brief biographies of all these women). Design by Sheila de Bretteville. Index. Large format. Publisher's page marked "Anchor Press Edition 1979" and "First Editions" Dust jacket wrapped in protective archival cover.. Art. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Oversize Hardback. Jacket: Good

First Edition

Chicago, Judy : The Dinner Party: A Symbol of Our Heritage

Doubleday, U.S.A., 1979

ISBN 0385145667

XL. Black cloth covers have sharp corners, fading at lower spine, a llittel along the bottom edge. Very light scuffing to boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 255 pages with lavish illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is tattered at top edge with numerous open tears, none larger than an inch. Jacket at lower spine is chipped away at hinges, general chipping and wear, not price clipped. The story behind the creation of the monumental feminist scuplture The Dinner Party, a project which took years to complete. Illustrated with many full color plates and black and white photographs showing the construction of the component pieces, which included 39 ceramic place settings, embroidered runners and a heritage floor honoring 999 women of achievement (includes brief biographies of all these women). Design by Sheila de Bretteville. Index. Large format. Publisher's page marked "Anchor Press Edition 1979" and "First Editions" Dust jacket wrapped in protective archival cover.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Oversize Hardback. Jacket: Poor

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