Published by Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1986
Seller: Lorrin Wong, Bookseller, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
127 pages, illustrated. Front pastedown (inside front cover) scuffed from the careless removal of an ownership label otherwise a clean very good paperback book in decorative boards (hard cover book)/ no dust jacket, as issued.
Published by Occidental Petroleum Corporation and The Armand Hammer Foundation, Los Angeles, 1986
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial boards, 127 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. This exhibition was an historical milestone in Cold War diplomacy, representing a thaw in relations between the US and USSR. Organized with the joint cooperation of the Reagan and Gorbachev governments, this was another instance in which American museums allowed artworks to become pawns in superpower politics. Oil baron Armand Hammer acted as middleman. Size: 4to.