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Jacket: New
Salny, Stephen M.
FRANCES ELKINS Interior Design
NY: W. W. Norton, 2005
Quarto. 208 pp; profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy; jacket glossy with no wear. The career of Frances Adler Elkins (1888-1953), sister of renowned Chicago architect David Adler, spanned more than three decades. An avant-garde decorator and arbiter of taste, Elkins was celebrated for inspired designs that integrated various periods and styles, from country French to chinoiserie to art deco, and featured furnishings by such modern designers as Jean-Michel Frank and Alberto Giacometti.
Greif, Martin
Depression Modern : The Thirties Style in America
NY: Universe Books, 1977
Second printing. Quarto. 192 pp; hundreds of b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; covers glossy with no wear. The book focuses on the period between Chicago's Century of Progress exposition (1933-34) and the New York World's Fair (1938-40), during which time Depression Modern, not Art Deco, was the predominant style. Some of its practitioners were Raymond Loewy, Donald Deskey, Russel Wright, Norman Bel Geddes, Walter Dorwin Teague, and Gilbert Rohde.
Phillips, Lisa, et al
HIGH STYLES: Twentieth-Century American Design
NY: Whitney Museum/Summit Books, 1985
Quarto. 212 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, mild rubbing to edge of spine. Catalogue of the Whitney Museum of American Art 1985-86 exhibition of objects from the art nouveau period through the post-modernist movement in America. It includes the work of many architects and designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Eames, Saarinen, Frank Gehry, Scott Burton, Sam Maloof, Dale Chihuly, Donald Judd, Wallace Nutting, Donald Deskey and many others.
Jacket: Very Good
Battersby, Martin
THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
NY: Walker and Company, 1969
First edition. Quarto. 213 pp; 210 illustrations, some in color; notes on illustrations; list of source books; index. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear, slight toning at top edge. An illustrated survey of the interiors & furnishings, fashion & textiles, decorative & applied arts in France, England and America during the 1920s.
A House Beautiful Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
NY: Hearst, 1992
Quarto. 48 pp; illustrated throughout with color photographs. Paperback. VG+ to near fine. Light shelf wear to covers. A special issue devoted to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Guggenheim Museum, includes a list of 16 Wright buildings open to the public.
Errazuriz, Sebastian
BEAUTIFUL PREMONITIONS
NY: Cristina Grajales Gallery, 2011
Oblong octavo [8 x 10 in.]. Unpaginated; full of color & b/w photographs. Illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. A fine, unmarked copy. Published in conjunction with Sebastian Errazuriz's second solo exhibition at Cristina Grajales Gallery. A collection of twenty-one pieces by the Chilean-born, New York-based designer, whose work includes both furniture and conceptual, Surrealist-influenced objects.
Kooman, Pieter
BINNENHUIS. Karakter en Sfeer. Het Werk van Bas van Pelt
's-Gravenhage: A.A.M. Stols, n.d.
n.d. (c 1938). First printing. Folio. 148 pp of text in Dutch & 127 b/w plates with full captions in Dutch and abbreviated captions in Dutch, English and French. Cloth-backed textured paper over boards with dustjacket. VG- in VG jacket. Rebacked at some point with blue cloth and what appears to be the original spine titles pasted on; this bit of original cloth is faded down to white and the original gilt is very faint. Gilt cover titles bright and clean. Overall, a well-preserved example of this title in the first printing binding. There is an exposed tab after the introduction - it's possible a page was excised, but we are unable to confirm as nothing appears to be missing. A collection of photographs of interiors featuring the modern furniture designs of Bas van Pelt's company Den Haag. English title: INTERIOR. Character and Atmosphere. The work of Bas van Pelt.
McCarty, Cara
MARIO BELLINI, Designer
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1987
Small quarto. 79 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; exhibition checklist. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, minor crease to bottom corner of front cover.
Conway, Hazel
ERNEST RACE
London: Design Council, 1982
Square octavo. 80 pp; 124 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near fine copy. Ernest Race is best known for the furniture that he designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, particularly the Antelope and Springbok chairs. He trained as an interior designer and practiced in both textile and furniture design, his career spanning from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. Most of Race's furniture designs belong to the 1950s. This book examines Race's contribution to design in the context of the periods in which he was working, and to understand the most important factors inspiring his designs.
Eidelberg, Martin, ed.
EVA ZEISEL: Designer for Industry
Montreal: Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, 1984
First edition. 12" x 9". 119 pp; 154 color & b/w illustrations; checklist of 32 objects, list of marks; bibliography of articles written by Zeisel. Paperback. Near Fine, minor wear along edge of backstrip, else a crisp, unmarked copy. Catalogue for the fifty-year retrospective exhibition of the work of Eva Zeisel, organized by Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It traveled through the U.S., Europe, and Russia.
Jacket: Fine
Kjellberg, Pierre
Le Mobilier du XXe Siecle: Dictionnaire des Createurs
Paris: Les Editions de L'Amateur, 1994
First edition. Stout quarto. 693 pp; 540 color & 410 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine in Fine jacket, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket bright, with no wear. The major reference book of twentieth-century furniture designers, listing more than 600, from Alvar Aalto to Charles Zublena.
Klesse, Brigitte
WILHELM WAGENFELD: 50 Jahre Mitarbeit in Fabriken
Koln: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1973
First edition. 11.75" high x 8.25" wide. 134 pp; b/w illustrations of 581 objects in the exhibition; bibliography. Text in German. Original pictorial wraps. VG+, bookplate on inside front cover, else a clean, unmarked copy; light wear to top & bottom of spine and corners. Errata slip inserted. catalogue of the exhibition held in 1973 at the Overstolzenhaus in Cologne; it then travelled to Darmstadt, Hannover, and Munich in 1974. Uncommon.
Ypma, Herbert
MOROCCO MODERN
NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996
First edition. Quarto. 157 pp; full of color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. The author traces the origins of the great artisan traditions that still inform modern design in Morocco. The book concludes with the work of Charles Boccara, a contemporary architect whose designs reinterpret these influences to create work that is strikingly modern.
Davies, Karen
AT HOME IN MANHATTAN - Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression
New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983
First edition. Quarto. 123 pp catalogue of 81 household items produced over a 12 year period. Includes photographs of the pieces and some architectural sketches. Paperback. Near Fine. Well-documented exhibition catalogue.
Christie's. NY
THE MAURICE & MARGO COHEN COLLECTION: Important 20th century Decorative Arts, New York, June 11, 1999
NY: Christie's, 1999
Quarto. 201 pp; 129 lots (lots 300-428), all illustrated with color photographs; artist biographies; bibliography. Cloth with dj. Near fine/Near fine. Print-out of prices realized laid in. A fine collection of decorative arts from the first half of the 20th century, with important pieces from the Arts & Crafts movement, Wiener Werkstatte, Art Deco, Art Nouveau. Designers represented include Ashbee, Carlo Bugatti, Christopher Dresser, Josef Hoffmann, Archibald Knox, J & J Kohn, Liberty & Co., Koloman Moser, Otto Prutscher, Thonet, Otto Wagner, and others.
Pessler, Monika & Harald Krejci (eds.)
FRIEDRICH KIESLER DESIGNER: Seating Furniture of the 30s And 40s
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005
Quarto. 128 pp; nearly 120 sketches & b/w photographs; chronology of Kiesler's life; bibliography. Text in English & German. Paperback with dustjacket. VG/VG, dj has a couple of short edge tears. Previously unpublished material relating to Austro-American artist and architect Friedrich Kiesler's innovative furniture designs and prototypes from the 1930s and 40s are featured in this comprehensive volume.
Pedretti, Bruno
OPERE POSTUME PROGETTATE IN VITA: Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus anni '20/anni '90
Milan: Electa, 1995
Quarto. 115 pp; including numerous b/w illustrations. Text in English, French. German & Italian. Paperback. VG. Posthumous Works Designed While Living Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus 20's/90's with photographs from the 20's and 30's including views of some of the protagonists and objects made by the Metallwerkstatt
Antonelli, Paola (ed.)
WORKSPHERES Design and Contemporary Work Styles
NY: Harry N. Abrams & MoMA, 2001
Quarto. 223 pp; fully illustrated in color. Illustrated thin boards. Near Fine, an unused copy with no marks internal or external; covers with no visible wear. Modern design for office spaces. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition Workspheres: Innovative Design Solutions for the Workplace of the Near Future. This book introduces work concepts originated by internationally recognized designers who address the unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for group interaction. Also includes essays by Larry Keeley, Christopher Budd, John Thackara, Aura Oslapas, Kayoko Ota, Jim-hee Chang, Hui-Chi Chou and Rachaporn Chouchouey.
Hogben, Carol
BRITISH ART AND DESIGN 1900-1960 : A Collection in the Making
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984
Second edition. Square octavo. xxiii, 222 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG. First pub'd 1983, for the opening of the gallery of British Art and Design 1900-1960. Foreword by Roy Strong.