The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation by Chicago, Judy [SIGNED] - 2006

London and New York: Merrell Publishers, 2006. London and New York: Merrell, 2006. SIGNED BY JUDY CHICAGO on title page. 4to. 308 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. The world's most famous and controversial work of feminist art, Judy Chicago's Dinner Party has found a permanent home some 30 years after its creation in the Brooklyn Museum's new Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Chicago celebrates in a sumptuous and comprehensive volume dedicated to her radical and extraordinarily crafted sculptural installation, telling the compelling story of its five-year collaborative creation, phenomenal popularity with the public, and vicious critical condemnation. Long committed to making socially conscious art, Chicago marvels over how much has changed in the field of women's history since the 1960s, when she began researching women's lives. Never one to stint on hard work, or miss the opportunity to educate people, Chicago presents brief and vivid updated biographies of the 39 women represented at the triangular table with elaborate ceramic plates and beautifully embroidered runners and the 999 women whose names appear in the porcelain-tiled Heritage Floor. Gorgeous new photographs by Woodman, Chicago's husband, offer stunning close-ups. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Chicago, Judy; Woodman, Donald, photographer. 4to..