Paul Gottlieb, 67, publisher and editor, died suddenly on June 5 of a heart attack in Manhattan. As publisher and editor-in-chief of Harry N. Abrams for more than two decades, Gottlieb played a large role in expanding the horizons of the art book business, traditionally a rather modest branch of the publishing industry.
The first establishment in the U.S. to specialize in art books, Abrams (founded in 1949) was still a small company when Gottlieb took the helm in 1980. During his ...