In 1960, Dadaist artist Jean Tinguely took three weeks to build a self-destroyingmachine, Homage to New York, and it combusted in 27minutes in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art as a star-studdedaudience looked on. Forty-seven years later, British artist Michael Landyhas created an homage to Tinguely"s Homage. Using photos, films andremains of Tinguely"s original work, Landy produced these 40 whimsical,detailed studies on paper for the re-enactment of the self-destructingmachine"s performance, reproduced in this crisp, black-and-white book,which also includes press accounts of the 1960 event. Art that selfdestructsfor a throw-away age. Produced by Alexander and Boningallery in New York and Thomas Dane gallery in London.