"THE 20TH CENTURY POSTER. DESIGN OF THE AVANT-GARDE" par Dawn ADES. Editions Abbeville Press, New York. 1984. in-4 carré, reliure toilée noire sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs. 216 pages. Texte en anglais illustré de 200 reproductions, en noir & blanc et en couleurs, d'affiches de près de 90 artistes allant d'A.M. Cassandre à Tandanori Yokoo. Ouvrage réalisé dans le cadre de l'exposition au Walker Art Center de Minneapolis du 12 Mai au 12 Août 1984. "The poster has been instrumental in spreading the ideas and the images that have characterized each period of modern history. It has reflected social and cultural upheavals and in its most experimental periods has led the way to new forms and motifs. This publication contains a vivid and memorable account of the poster. The 20th Century Poster's distinguished authors recall the wide and frequently contradictory range of causes that the poster has served: political, ideological, artistic and commercial. Drawn from such diverse sources as Art Nouveau, Secession, Dada, Constructivism, Bauhaus, Futurism, and De Stijl, the two hundred richly illustrated posters presented in this book, and in the accompanying Walker Art Center exhibition, illuminate the ways in which the modern poster has brought the most daring elements of the avant-garde into the cultural mainstream..." Ref LIL0044