Alphonse Mattia Bookshelves Any Size

Title: Alphonse Mattia Bookshelves Any Size Author: Foreword by Peter T. Joseph. Essays; Art Comes Home. Reflections on the Work of Alphonse Mattia by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Encounters of the Past by Helen Drutt English Publisher: Peter Joseph Gallery 1993. Designed by Michael Bierut/Pentagram. Photography by Michael Galatis.  Specs: 11.5" h x 8" Pages: 16, 10 color illustrations. ISBN: 1-881658-06-6 Details: Very good condition.  Notes from the archive: This catalogue accompanied Alphonse Mattia's first exhibition at the Peter Joseph Gallery. The exhibit included vertical bookshelf units supported by an oversize compass, a gigantic clothes pin, and even one reinforced by multiple bottle shapes. Additional works included a game table and chairs, a series of valets, a bench, a major sideboard and a pair of torcheres (structurally held up by books, with burning books at the top creating the lighting metaphor). A favorite of the exhibition were a Pair of Easy Chairs, closely related