536 pages | 620 images
National Gallery of Art, Washington
By Leah Dickerman

The four hundred works in this book were created by forty-six artists from six cities. The essays, plate sections and chronology are color coded by city. Rectangles with each city’s name and designated color are printed on the foredge of the book creating navigational tabs. The tabs join together at the chronology, which aligns seven timelines—documenting the six cities plus related events—from 1911 to 1926.

An exquisite catalogue . . . hell, even the index is marvelously executed. There have obviously been other books on Dada, but this one manages to honor the irreverent spirit of the movement.Jen Besemer, Rain Taxi, Spring 2006

This is what an art book should be: big, comprehensive, authoritative, typographically responsible and well designed. aiga, 50 Books, juror’s comments