From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers  "The Principles of Uncertainty" and "The Elements of Style", comes a remarkable pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in our lives, drawn from her personal artifacts, recollections, and selections from the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.

With more than fifty original paintings, "My Favorite Things" is a poignant and witty meditation on the importance of both quotidian and unusual objects in our culture and private worlds, From the pocket watch Abraham Lincoln was carrying when he was shot, to original editions of Winnie-the-Pooh, a handkerchief in memoriam of Queen Victoria, an Ingo Maurer lamp, Rietveld’s Z chair, and photographs Kalman has taken of people walking towards and away from her. 

As it speaks to the universal experience and importance of beloved objects in our lives—big and small, famous and private—this unique work is a fresh way of examining and understanding our society, history, culture, and ourselves.

160 pages