An homage to the golden age of graphic arts and art book production, born in the City of Lights

By the end of the 19th century, Paris had become a mecca for the graphic arts. Artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret and Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen were making prints and posters that were enthusiastically received by critics and collectors alike. Building upon these developments, 20th-century Paris oversaw the tremendous production of artists' books containing original prints, through which artists including Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Joan Miró reached much wider audiences than ever before.
Drawing from the extensive collection of Museum Folkwang in Essen, this volume presents outstanding examples of artists' books and portfolios, including Matisse's Jazz, Picasso's La Tauromaquia, Miró's A toute épreuve and Chagall's etchings for the Hebrew Bible--all of which are placed in conversation with the work of contemporary artists such as Jim Dine and David Lynch.