{"product_id":"9780615669458","title":"Artists for Artists: 50 Years of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1962, Jasper Johns, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg and other artists came together to help Merce Cunningham finance a proposed season on Broadway by organizing a sale of their artworks. Their success led to the formation of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts—now among the most celebrated of grant-giving organizations—and a radical new way for artists to support other artists through the sale of their work. \u003ci\u003eArtists for Artists\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Foundation, tracing its vital role in supporting artists and sponsoring some of the signal performance events of the last half-century. This beautifully designed book includes a full event history, profiles of key artist–beneficiaries, the original texts of the Foundation-sponsored \u003ci\u003eSix Lectures\u003c\/i\u003e series of 1966 (most never before published) and an oral history including the Foundation’s co-founder, Jasper Johns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foundation for Contemporary Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013747556592,"sku":"9780615669458","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615669458_p0.jpg?v=1763599059","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615669458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}