Idea and Image in Recent Art (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1974) - September 1st, 2024

Produced on the occasion of “Idea and Image in Recent Art” (Mar 23–May 5, 1974) at the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition accompanied the Art Institute’s Marcel Duchamp retrospective and presented the work of his corollaries. The concept of a corollary show was originally intended to accompany the retrospective when the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted their versions as well, but it never materialized in either city. Recognizing the necessity of illustrating Duchamp's influence on succeeding generations of artists to the public, Anne Rorimer of the Art Institute (Assistant Curator at the time) built the “Idea and Image in Recent Art”  to coincide with the final showing of Duchamp’s retrospective in Chicago. As such, it is arguably the most important exhibition catalog of the period.

Artists featured:
Jasper Johns
Robert Rauschenberg
Jim Dine
John Cage
Andy Warhol
Roy Lichtenstein
Bruce Nauman
Robert Morris
Edward Kienholz
Joseph Beuys
William T. Wiley
Joseph Kosuth
Mel Bochner
Lawrence Weiner
Douglas Huebler
Vito Acconci*
John Baldessari
William Wegman
Christian Boltanski
Giovanni Anselmo
Hilla and Bernd Becher
Hanne Darboven
Michael Craig-Martin 

52 pages
Softcover, perfect bound
10.5 in
*Mint, rare

Slide 3: Table of Contents with Acconci’s name spelled incorrectly 
Slide 4: First page of catalog introduction authored by Anne Rorimer.
Slide 5: Exhibition view. Joseph Beuys, “Filzanzug (Felt Suit),” 1970, edition of 100; Joseph Kosuth, “One and Three Brooms,” 1965; Robert Morris, “I-Box,” 1962, Untitled (Box With Lock),” 1963, “Three Rulers,” 1963, “Untitled (Wall Piece),” 1964

Cover image: Bruce Nauman, “Untitled (Self Portrait as a Fountain),” 1966-67, set of 11 color photographs from the collection Mr. and Mrs. Leo Castelli, New York.