Download or read book Splendid Pages written by Julie Mellby and published by Lund Humphries Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work documents a major, unpublished collection of 20th-century book arts, incorporating classic livres d'artistes, unique book-objects, mass-produced artists' books from the 1960s, visual poetry, altered novels and portfolios of prints. The Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection of Modern Illustrated Books, at the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, provides a comprehensive international overview of the history of modern book arts, featuring work from Eastern and Western Europe and the United States as well as Central and South America and Asia. One of its particular highlights is a group of 73 books with original prints by Picasso.