Paste Up: A Century of New Zealand Poster Art

Godwit / Random House New Zealand, Auckland, 2003. Fading to spine, otherwise good secondhand condition.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the New Zealand poster. It chronicles more than one hundred years of history of an independent art form. The eleven pictorial sections, divided according to subject, include works by well-known painters and commercial artists as well as outsiders and forgotten artists. The range of posters depicted offers the reader artistic discoveries, as well as an entertaining insight into the everyday life of the twentieth century. There is nothing like poster art for making comparisons between past and present. An introductory text gives a review of New Zealand poster history since 1900. The book also includes an index of all artists and posters covered. This book is intended as a reference for art and design students, design professionals, educators and social historians, as well as the general reader.