Art News Annual XXXIV; thirteen illustrated essays tracing the history of the avant-garde from France in the 19th century to Pop Art; contributors include: Linda Nochlin, Michel Butor, Meyer Schapiro, Harold Rosenberg, John Ashbery and Ron Padgett; index of illustrators and period advertisements of galleries, publishers and bookstores (16pp.) at rear; front and rear covers a series of 'Nancy' collages by Joe Brainard.