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Leo Lionni (1910-1999), born in the Netherlands and educated in Italy, had a powerful impact on the visual culture of the postwar United States. He first achieved success in the field of graphic design, serving as the influential art director of Fortune magazine from 1948 to 1960 and personally executing such innovative designs as the catalogue for the Museum of Modern Art's seminal photo exhibition The Family of Man. Then, in the 1960s, he embarked on an equally groundbreaking career in picture books, using torn-paper collages to illustrate modern animal fables such as Frederick and Swimmy, which are still beloved today. But even as his books won multiple Caldecott Honors, Lionni--who had begun as a painter--also maintained a fine art practice centered on his Parallel Botany, a richly imagined world of fanciful plants.

This volume, the catalogue of a major exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum, is the first to survey the entirety of Lionni's multifaceted career. Written by Steven Heller and Leonard S. Marcus, leading authorities on graphic design and children's literature respectively, it is illustrated with abundant examples of Lionni's work, including many little-seen items from the extensive archive maintained by his estate. Leo Lionni: Between Worlds will be an important, and eye-opening, contribution to the history of art and design.