"This is the most comprehensive presentation of Shapiro's work ever published. Through nearly three hundred illustrations, ninety of them in color, the book traces his development as an artist from the late 1960s up to the present, and includes a number of his evocative drawings in charcoal. Thematic groups of the works are meticulously examined in a series of linked commentaries by the Swiss art historian Hendel Teicher. And the noted critic Michael Brenson contributes a perceptive introductory essay on Shapiro's place within the history of twentieth-century sculpture. Extensive documentation of the artist's life, his exhibitions and commissions, public collections of his work, and the critical literature complete the volume." -- publisher's statement.