Alexis Smith was a Los Angeles–based artist celebrated for her witty, layered collages and installations that wove together images, texts, and found objects. Over her decades-long career, she mined Hollywood iconography, advertising, popular literature, and everyday ephemera to question myths of the American Dream, always with nuance, irony, and emotional depth. Published in 1991 by Rizzoli and released on the occasion of the exhibition "Alexis Smith" at the Whitney Museum of American Art (November 22, 1991–February 29, 1992). With insightful essays by Richard Armstrong and Amy Gerstler, this catalogue captures a defining moment in Smith’s career. It features over seventy reproductions of her works, combining texts and visuals to probe the fabric of American cultural identity.