MAPS is collection of Paula Scher s large-scale map paintings and chart drawings laboriously and obsesssively createdbetween 1998 and 2010. The book includes maps at all scales, in Scher s
characteristic style, ranging in scope from theworld, to maps of India, the Middle East, USA, and Japan, to the local, maps of Washington, D.C., Tokyo, or New York,among many others.Scher s
maps are well-known in the art world (represented by the Maya Stendhal Gallery in New York, original drawingsgo for thousands of dollars), and have been published widely, including on the New
York Times op-ed page, Metropolis,Harper s and numerous on-line art sites. Samples available for on-line viewing at http://www.paulaschermaps.com/. and on flickr at http://www.flickr.
com/photos/michaelsurtees/sets/72157603405566904/.
