Rudofsky, Bernard. (1905-1988) "Are Clothes Modern?"

Hardcover. 4to. 241 pp. Yellow boards, black lettering to front and spine, fine. Dj is about very good, rubbing to front and back, wear to edge, spine and top, clipped. Published following Rudofsky's popular 1944 MOMA exhibition of the same name. Overall about near fine. “Rudofsky’s intention was to interrogate the relationship between people and their clothing in his contemporary moment, assessing what worked across cultures and what needed to change along with the pace of modernity (who needed over 20 pockets when telecommunications and technology were on the rise, really?) While his approach predated most of the theoretical lenses — postcolonial, feminist, postmodernist, etc. — that we find imperative today, his exhibition catalogue and the images of the exhibition were incisive and have proven incredibly useful to our research.” — Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, MoMA