THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

Soft Cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Unstated; c. 1959. Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Softcover (photograph of the permanent home of the Musem by Ezra Stoller)/NF w/trace shelfwear. The museum was established by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in 1939. Initially housed in a rental property, in 1959, the museum moved to its current building --- the landmark cylindrical building wider at the top than at the bottom by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959); its contruction completed on the same year of his passing. Introduction (in English, French & German) from James Johnson Sweeney (1900 - 1986), Director of the Museum from 1952 to 1960. Unpaginated, b/w catalogue of some 70 prize works of paintings, sculptures & drawings held by the Museum on its move to its permanent home. A celebratory catalogue of a historical year.