1955 MOMA Museum of Modern Art Show Catalog THE NEW DECADE: 22 European Artists

The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors — Museum of Modern Art, 1955 — First Edition

Rare first edition of The New Decade, published by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, to accompany the groundbreaking 1955 exhibition presenting key postwar European artists who redefined modern painting and sculpture.

Includes major figures such as Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, Pierre Soulages, Jean Arp, Nicolas de Staël, Karel Appel, Antoni Tàpies, and Jean Fautrier — a generation bridging Surrealism, Informel, and the new abstraction of postwar Europe.

An essential catalogue for collectors of European modern art and MoMA exhibition history.

📖 Details:

• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York

• Year: 1955

• Edition: First Edition

• Format: Hardcover with dust jacket

• Condition: Good vintage copy — jacket shows edge wear and small chips; interior clean and bright

A beautifully designed and historically significant MoMA title documenting the rebirth of European modernism in the 1950s.