THE MACHINE AS SEEN AT THE END OF THE MECHANICAL AGE. 1968. METAL COVERS WITH RAISED AND COLOURED IMAGE – NAM JUNE PAIK’S FIRST VIDEO RECORDER EXHIBITION

New York, Museum of Modern Art (1968)
24 x 21.5cm, 216pp plus printed metal covers front and back. Exhibition catalogue with work by over a hundred artists, chronologically from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, and illustrates the historical intersections of art and technology. It was also the first exhibition to feature an art installation using a primitive video cassette recorder by a Korean artist named Nam June Paik. A lovely, important and interesting book which is a wealth of information. VG+ – no significant rust or dents on covers which is often an issue with this item.