Books and Bookmen was a literary magazine founded in 1955 by publisher Philip Dossé. The magazine had six stablemates, Art and Artists, Dance and Dancers, Films and Filming, Music and Musicians, Plays and Players, and Records and Recording.
You might've already seen a few copies of Films and Filming on our site / instagram.
This particular copy of books and bookmen features a fantastic article on Yukio Mishima and an article written by JG Ballard, both favourites here at Window Books.
It also features incredible cover art by american artist Nancy Grossman, whose image was included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.
Throughout her long career, in painting, collage, sculpture, drawing, and prints, Grossman has continually invested in the fantastic possibilities of the human shape.
A perfect example of this is an early illustration of a contorted, bound and bondaged figure that was used as the cover artwork for ‘books and bookmen (February 1971). The original drawing is untitled and is now part of the Whitney Museum of American Art collection. The magazine featuring her cover art is available now on our website.
