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A close-up of a display case. On the top left appears to be a magazine with the title "Leger" in English. Below that is a book or notebook with Japanese text on the cover. The notebook has a brown, textured cover, suggesting it may be made of a natural material like canvas or burlap.

M+ Library Special Collection

M+ Library Special Collection

Established
2019
Items
Over 500
Period
1917–2015
Collection Objects

Overview

The M+ Library Special Collection addresses printed material as a key creative medium and alternative art practice in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The collection holds a variety of unique books and rare published materials, including artist books, comics, graphic design publications, magazines, and manuscripts. Some of the most treasured items in the collection include modernist magazines from the late 1910s to the 1960s, Chinese propaganda manuals, Manhua magazines and design volumes from the 1950s and 1960s, and experimental graphic design publications from the 1960s through to the present day.

Image at top: Installation view of Things, Spaces, Interactions. Photo: Dan Leung, M+, Hong Kong

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