WILLIAM WEGMAN: Field Guide to North America (and other regions)

Joseph Clayes III Gallery

WILLIAM WEGMAN

Field Guide to North America (and other regions)

April 28–June 6, 1992

The Athenaeum presented the first fine-art book by William Wegman, an internationally recognized, New York-based artist. Published by The Lapis Press, Los Angeles in an edition of fifteen, the 36-page book included drawings, watercolors, hand-written text, collaged elements, black-and-white and color photographs and one painting on canvas. The contents of the book were a combination of camper’s scrapbook, naturalist’s collection of notations about nature and the forest, a record of things a Boy Scout might keep, and memorabilia that could be picked up on a camping trip.