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Zustand: Good. illustrated edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: very good, very good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 128, color illus., checklist of the exhibition, biographies of the artists. This book was published to accompany an exhibition at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, April 28, 1995 through September 4, 1995. Opening statement by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Michael W. Monroe, Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, selected this collection of fine contemporary crafts specifically for the interiors of the White House, to be viewed and admired alongside the works of the past. This volume features 92 full-color photographs--some showcasing the pieces in the private quarters and public spaces of the White House--taken expressly for this book by John Bigelow Taylor. In addition to an introduction to the collection and commentaries on each piece by Michael Monroe, the book includes an essay on the significance and cultural value of crafts by Barbaralee Diamonstein, a foreword by Elizabeth Broun, Director of the National Museum of American Art, and brief biographies of each artist. John Bigelow Taylor (illustrator).…