Past Exhibitions
The Grolier Club was one of the first organizations in America to regularly exhibit books as objects of artistic and historical interest, on a par with paintings and sculpture. In its 125-year history the Club has mounted more than eight hundred exhibitions, introducing American audiences to the work of authors from Homer to Kipling; to topics as diverse as flowers, chess, and the War of 1812; to excellence in the book arts as practiced by the Club Bindery, illustrator Fritz Kredel, and typographer/designer Bruce Rogers; to the artistry of figures such as J. M. Whistler, William Blake, and Antonio Frasconi; and to a wide range of works on paper, from Japanese prints to Art Nouveau posters to contemporary photographs by women. The archive presented here primarily consists of press releases for Grolier Club public exhibitions held in our Ground Floor Gallery since 1994; full details of all Grolier Club exhibitions, from the establishment of the Club to the present, can be found in the Club's anniversary volume ‘For Jean Grolier & His Friends’: 125 Years of Grolier Club Exhibitions & Publications, 1884-2009.
Click on any highlighted entry below, organized by Grolier Club season, to see more information about that exhibition.