Birthday Books

Summary

For Roy R. Neuberger’s fiftieth birthday, his wife, Marie, asked various artists to contribute a “page” to a book of greetings she was secretly assembling for him. Twenty-five years later, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, a second “Birthday Book” was compiled, this time including artists that are now represented in the collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art, artists who had exhibited at the Museum, and artists who were then teaching in the Visual Arts program at Purchase College.

Background

In his 2003 memoir The Passionate Collector, which he wrote at the age of 100, Roy described the projects as “the books I treasure above all others.”

See a selection of objects from the two books in the photos below:

Date

July 24, 2024