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Maghenzani, Giuseppe et al.
Divina Bugatti
This is a fine hardcover copy bound in black moire silk, in a fine hardshell black slipcase with a paper title label tipped on to the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This monograph celebrates the Bugatti automobile designed by Ettore Bugatti. Two smaller booklets bound in. Illustrated in color with tipped in plates + black & white photographs. 12" square, 198 pages. Limited edition of 5000 numbered copies. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hüttinger, Eduard
Max Bill
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket, with a few short closed tears to the edges. Completely clean. Text in English. Illustrated in black & white and color. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 225 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Wohlmuth, Radek
Maxim Velcovský : Vse za 39 : Moravská galerie, 11/3-22/5 2016
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. The dust jacket is a folded black & white poster, verso in color, with a chip out of the top of the dust jacket spine. Text in Czech and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Moravska Galerie in Brno, from March 11 to May 22, 2016. Exhibition curated by Radek Wohlmuth. This is the first major monograph on Maxim Velcovsky (1976- ) born in Prague, and considered one of the leading Czech designers. Illustrated throughout in color with many photographs of products. Also photographs of the exhibition at the Moravska Galerie. 12" high X 9" wide, 287 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Salles, Claudia Moreira
Sintonia fina Luminarias / Lamps
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. Completely clean. Text in Portuguese and English. This monograph covers one of the works of Claudia Moreira Salles (1955- ), one of Brazil's finest designers. The works are her 'Sintonia fine' lamp series. Illustrated in color with many detailed photographs of the lamps. Essay by Adelia Borges. Interview conducted by Karen Stein. 10" high X 7" wide, unpaginated about 200 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Baroni, Daniele
Lampada. L'oggeto. Forma e Funzione
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Very clean inside and out, just two marks to the otherwise blank white endpapers: a circular blindstamp from a private collector, the size of a quarter, on both front and rear endpapers, at the corners. Text in Italian. This is a good survey of the highlights of European lighting design from art nouveau and art deco to the functionalism of the Bauhaus and Ulm schools, Wiener Werkstatte, and Italian designs through the 1970's and the beginnings of Memphis. Illustrated mostly in black & white with several color plates. Bibliography. 9" high X 10" wide, 168 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Heuze, Michele
Dior Joaillerie
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English. This monograph covers the work of Victoire de Castellane, the master jeweller for Christian Dior Couture jewellery creations. Started in 1998 in Paris on the Place Vendome, these unique works immediately caused a sensation. Illustrated throughout in color with many color plates. 12" high X 9" wide, 359 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sylvie de Nussac
Nanterre Amandiers Les Annees Chereau 1982-1990
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in French. Edited by Sylvie de Nussac this volume collects together documents and writings about the famed French theater director, Patrice Clereau. Particularly all of his productions in Nanterres, France from 1982 to 1990. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs of stage sets, actors, etc. 11" high X 9" wide, 347 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hald,Arthur
Anders Beckmans Skola 1939- 1989
This is a near fine hardcover copy bound in white satin moire silk covered boards with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in SWEDISH. This is a limited edition of 2000 numbered copies. This copy is number 486. This book is a history of the modern design and advertising school in Sweden started in 1939 by Anders Beckman. The school lasted until 1989. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with illustrations on every page. The book is organized chronologically with chapters on each decade. Extensive listing of students year by year, and what their concentration was i.e. fashion, design or publicity. 13" high X 9" wide, 347 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Campbell, Heyworth
16th Annual of Advertising Art
This is a very good hardcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. No foxing. This year's annual was designed by Heyworth Campbell. Illustrated in color and black & white. Indices of artists, advertisers, agencies. Works by Lester Beall, Anton Bruehl, A. M. Cassandre, W. A. Dwiggins, Horst, Alexandre Jacovleff, Kuniyoshi, George Platt Lynes, Herbert Matter, Tommi Parzinger, Paul Rand, Edward Steichen, and Vertes, among dozens of other artists and photographers. 11" high X 8" wide, 111 numbered pages followed by twenty more pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Mercer, Frank A
Modern Publicity 1952-1953 -22nd Issue of Art & Industry's International Annual of Advertising Art
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in black cloth, title in gilt on the spine. No dust jacket. Jacket printed flaps laid in. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 130 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artemide
Artemide Master Catalog 1997-98
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Soft crease to lower corner of back cover. Spine creased but binding firm. Completely clean inside and out. Text in ENGLISH. Artemide, the Italian lighting design manufacturer was founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza. These master catalogs contain all the designs that are still being produced. This catalog covers the work of 32 designers including Mario Botta, Enzo Mari, Angelo Mangiarotti, Richard Sapper, and Santiago Calatrava among others. Illustrated throughout in color. Also all technical specifications for each lighting design: size, materials, etc. Alphabetical model index. 11" high X 8" wide, 259 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Deitch, Jeffrey and Dan Friedman
Artificial Nature
This is a very good double-sided exhibition poster with virtually no wear. It was folded four times for mailing. Completely clean. This poster was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Athens, Greece at the Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art on Kolonaki Square from June 20 to September 15, 1990. Poster size is 23" high X 31" wide. The exhibition was curated by Jeffrey Deitch. Seventeen artists included in the exhibition: Ashley Bickerton, Clegg & Guttmann, Walter de Maria, Laura Grisi, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, Liz Larner, Tatsuo Miyajima, Peter Nagy, Pino Pascali, Edward Ruscha, Manuel Saiz, Robert Smithson, William Stone, Thanassis Totsikas, Meg Webster and Andy Warhol. This poster will be mailed folded and securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Aulenti, Gae and Franco Laera et al.
1950/2000 Theater of Italian Creativity
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This project was designed by Gae Aulenti with artistic director Franco Laera. Catalog essays by Laera, Paola Antonelli, Vanni Pasca, Victor Margolin, Rolando Giovannini, Marcantonio Ragone, Gabriele de Vecchi, Massimo Mosiello, Aldo Tempesti, and Marina Carrea. Illustrated mainly in color with many photographs of objects. Also color reproductions of Gae Aulenti's exhibition drawings. List of exhibits. This exhibition surveys Italian design from Carlo Scarpa in the 1930's to Marco Ferreri works of 2003. 11" high X 8" wide, 111 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Olivier-Vial, Franck, François Rateau
Armand Albert Rateau
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket. The jacket rear panel has a small scratch. Completely clean. Text in French. Illustrated in color and black & white with many vintage photographs of room settings. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 239 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Franzoi, Umberto
I vetri di Archimede Seguso.
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, the binding firm. Text in Italian. Over 180 works by the Italian art glass master, Archimede Seguso are surveyed here. All illustrated in color. Bibliography. Exhibition history. 11" high X 9" wide, 166 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kjellberg, Pierre
Art Deco Les Maitres du Mobilier, Le Decor des Paquebots
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Spine of jacket a bit sunned. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Second edition revised and enlarged. Color and or black & white illustrations on every page. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 247 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The Bauhaus and the Bauhaus Designers
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Amsterdam on October 26, 1989. Sale code: "REMI". The sale consisted entirely of objects produced by the Bauhaus. 83 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, many in color. No prices realized sheet, just price estimates for each lot. 10" high X 8" wide, 67 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Satue, Enric
Los Demiurgos del Diseno Grafico (Spanish Edition)
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with no chips, tears or marks. Completely clean. Text in Spanish. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 181 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Lenormand Dayen
L'art de la Ceramique en France de 1880- 1930
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris at the Druout on November 8, 1991. The sale consisted almost entirely of French ceramics from 1880 to 1930. (A short section of European, non French ceramists). There were 280 pieces in the sale. Many illustrated with color plates of both individual pieces and groups. Index of makers. Glossary of French ceramic terms. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each piece. 8" high X 10" wide, 70 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Ader Tajan
Bijoux de la Collection Roberto Polo
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris by Ader Tajan at the Hotel George V on November 7, 1991. The sale consisted of jewels from the Roberto Polo collection. Text in French and English. 49 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 10" high X 8" wide, 30 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Buchmann Mark
Ornament ? ohne Ornament
This is a very good set of five softcover booklets contained in a red printed folder. The folder has been taped on the top and bottom edges and right side and is rubbed and worn. The five booklets are fine internally, no marks. The white covers have oxidized a little (see photos). Text in German. Illustrated throughout in black & white. The booklets are: 1. Mark Buchmann Einleitung 2. Roland Gross Symmetrie 3. Karl Schmid Lob des Ornaments Laudatio 4. Lucius Burckhardt, Werner Blaser 6 aspekte 5. Adolf Portmann Ornamentales in der Lebendigen Natur. 8" high X 9" wide, 30, 43, 49, 31 & 39 pages. This set will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Driven By Disruption
This is a near fine hardcover copy with the colorful die-cut front cover, with almost no wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held by Sotheby's with RM Auctions on December 10, 2015 in New York. Lots were numbered from 102 to 231. Illustrated lavishly in color with many photos of each lot. One of the lots was a futuristic car designed by Carlo Mollino but not produced until 2006. One of the top lots in the sale was a gorgeous green Aston Martin from 1962 a DB4/GT Zagato. Also Janis Joplin's 1964 painted Porsche. Prices realized sheets included.12" high X 9" wide, 237 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
English and Continental Furniture (including Property from Culham Court Interiors by Chester Jones)
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London January 26, 2007. Sale code: FLUX-7386. The sale included furniture from ineriors designed by Chester Jones for Culham Court. 226 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 162 pages.
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Christie's
The Chair
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on November 9, 2000. Sale code: THRONE- 6394. Another of Christies annual modern chair design sales. 90 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color, some with vintage black & white reference photos from the period. Bibliography. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 121 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Hensel, Thomas et al.
Katalog / Catalog: Bau [Spiel] Haus
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in German and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Neues Museum, Nurnberg from March 22 to June 16, 2019. Catalog edited by Thomas Hensel, Robert Eikmeyer, and Eva Kraus. Illustrated throughout in color. 9" high X 6" wide, 151 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Wright Auctions
Mass Modern, June 23, 2007
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wright Auctions, in Chicago on June 23, 2007. There were 699 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 6" square, unpaginated, about 250 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Reinhard Sanger
Bestecke des Jugendstils: Ausstellung vom 23. September bis 25. November 1979, Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen (Schriften des Deutschen Klingenmuseums Solingen) (German Edition)
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in German. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Deutsches Klingenmuseum Solingen from September 23 to November 25, 1979. There were 232 objects in the exhibition. All catalogued and illustrated in black & white/ Bibliography. Covers Danish, German, French, Russian and American art nouveau cutlery. 10" high X 8" wide, 180 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Drutt, Helen Williams
Olaf Skoogfors: 20th century goldsmith, 1930-1975
This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Philadelphia College of Art from January 22 to February 17, 1979; and then at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. from April 8 to August 19, 1979. Illustrated in color with some black & white. 9 color plates + 27 b/w plates. Chronology. Catalogue checklist with 163 works catalogued. Bibliography. 8" square, 72 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pesce, Gaetano
Gaetano Pesce: Cinq techniques pour le verre
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. The spine is creased, but the binding is firm. Text in FRENCH. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Marseilles from October 3, 1992 to January 17, 1993 which explored Gaetano Pesce's work in glass. Essays by Germano Celant, Francois Barres, Raymond Guidot. Texts by Gaetano Pesce. Illustrated throughout in color, some black & white. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 267 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Wilson, Robert & Lewis Carroll
Alice at Thalia Theater
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in GERMAN. Illustrated in black & white + 3 color plates. Music by Tom Waits. Programs for the 1992 production and BAM's 1995 production laid in. 8" high X 10" wide, 63 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Rare Jewels and Gemstones. The Eye of a Connoisseur
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on April 15, 2008. Sale code: CONNOISSEUR-2121. The sale consisted of a spectacular private owner collection of jewelry and objets d'art. Francois Curiel, the senior appraiser at Christie's, said it was the finest collection of modern jewelry Christie's had ever handled. From the Gilded Age diamond bow brooch of Empress Eugenie (later owned by Mrs. William B. Astor), to Cartier's fabulous 'Mystery Clock' designed by Maurice Couet for Cartier in 1927, to the superb fancy intense pink diamond of 14.23 carats, the rarest natural wonder known to exist, this sale had it all. 115 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 154 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Rare Jewels and Objets d'art: a Superb Collection
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York, Rockefeller Plaza location on October 21, 2009. Sale code: SUPERB-2390. This was a superb sale full of one of a kind masterpieces. Art nouveau masterworks like Lucien Gaillard's 'Bluebird' tortoiseshell and diamond hair comb, Edmond-Henri Becker's 'Belle de Nuit' diamond, ivory plique-a-jour enamel brooch, Boucheron's 'Juno' diamond and yellow sapphire pendant, Henry Vevier's 'La Bretonne' enamel pendant, the Florence Gould Belle Epoque pearl seed pearl and diamond evening bag, an art deco rock crystal Labradorite and gold guitar pendant necklace by Gerard Sandoz, Jean Fouquet ebony and chrome bangles worn by Nancy Cunard in the 1930's, Alexander Calder wire jewellery, among many other amazing works. 216 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 230 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Always in Style: 150 Years of Artistic Jewels
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in New York on April 20, 2010. Sale code: N08626-FALCON. There were 232 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 159 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Omar Ramsden: Silver from the David and Vivian Campbell Collection
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear whatsoever. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is the sale catalog for the David and Vivian Campbell collection of silver by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr. Probably the largest collection ever assembled by private collectors, the work spans Ramsden's prolific and accomplished career. From his early work with Alwyn Carr of around 1900 to his mature works of the 1920's and 30's. 85 lots all illustrated in color. Many with extensive entries and bibliography. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 99 pages.
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Roy Strong, Mario Pasi
Versace Teatro. Dalla Scala all'Hermitage
This is a very good hardcover copy with almost no wear with a very good clamshell box with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Italian. Illustrated throughout in color with many tipped-in plates and drawings in color and black & white. Limited edition of 4000 numbered copies. This is copy no. 3841. Stated first edition. 14" high X 9" wide, 272 pages.
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Frankl, Paul T.
Space for Living
This is a very good hardcover copy without the dust jacket. Some wear to spine tips and corners.Lacking front free endpaper. Generally clean inside, some offsetting to endpapers. Text and black & white photographs clean. 11" high X 8" wide, 111 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maitre Gilles Neret Minet
Flacons De Parfum
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean, one small department label from a New York museum on the top edge of the front cover, otherwise completely clean. Text in FRENCH. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris at the Drouot on December 14, 1992. The sale consisted entirely of perfume bottles and included a rare ensemble of pieces from the Maison Roger & Gallet. Illustrated mostly in color. 12" high X 8" wide. about 20 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Moody, Ella
Decorative Art in Modern Interiors Volume 60
This is a very good hardcover copy with an almost very good dust jacket. The jacket rear panel is chipped, spine tips worn. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and German. A survey of 1970-71 houses, apartments, furniture, prints, weaves, ceramics, lighting, glass, plastics and metal. Illustrated throughout in black & white and color. List of manufacturers and designers arranged by type of object i.e. furniture, weaves, lighting, etc. 11" high X 8" wide, 160 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Moody, Ella
Decorative Art in Modern Interiors Volume 61
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and German. A survey of 1971-72 houses, apartments, furniture, prints, weaves, ceramics, lighting, glass, plastics and metal. Illustrated throughout in black & white and color. List of manufacturers and designers arranged by type of object i.e. furniture, weaves, lighting, etc. 11" high X 8" wide, 160 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Moody, Ella
Decorative Art in Modern Interiors Volume 62
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine top chipped. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and German. A survey of 1972-73 houses, apartments, furniture, prints, weaves, ceramics, lighting, glass, plastics and metal. Illustrated throughout in black & white and color. List of manufacturers and designers arranged by type of object i.e. furniture, weaves, lighting, etc. 11" high X 8" wide, 160 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hiort, Esbjorn
Modern Danish Silver / Argenterie moderne danoise. / Moderne dänische Silberkunst. / Moderne dansk sølv.
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Spine sunned. Pale blue cloth stamped in silver. Completely clean. Text in English, French, German and Danish. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 80 photographic plates showing fine examples of modern Danish silver. Index of designers and silversmiths. 12" high X 8" wide, 121 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Collection d'un Amateur: Arts Décoratifs du XXe Siècle, Art Africain, Tableaux et Sculptures du XXe Siècle, 27 Octobre 2004
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on October 27, 2004. Sale code: LEON- 5110. Preface by Juan Montoya explains that this collection of furnishings from Art Deco Paris was put together by Montoya for one of his clients who had an apartment in a landmark building overlooking the Bois de Boulogne in Paris. 144 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color with a number of photographs of room settings. No prices realized sheets just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 134 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
European Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Tapestries including A San Francisco Apartment Designed by Valerian Rybar and Jean-Francois Daigre
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on September 27, 2007. Sale code: SANFRAN-1884. The sale included furnishings from an interesting apartment in San Francisco designed and decorated by Valerian Rybar and Jean-Francois Daigre. There are several color photographs of room settings from this apartment and the first 57 lots in the auction came from this commission. 350 lots in the complete sale. Prices realized sheets laid in. All lots illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 259 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Bettagno, Alessandro
Gli artisti di Venini Per una storia del vetro d'arte Veneziano
This is a very good or better softcover copy with almost no wear. Slight scrape to lower corner of spine, otherwise fine. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Completely clean inside and out. Text in ITALIAN. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Venice at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini from April 24 to July 7, 1996. Essays by Alessandro Bettagno, Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Suzanne K. Frantz, and Anna Venini. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. Biographical sketches of the designers. Illustrated throughout in color + many vintage black & white photographs.. 272 objects in the exhibition, designed by 33 glass artists, all illustrated with color plates. 11" high X 10" wide, 234 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Prampolini, Enrico
Lineamenti di scenografia italiana dal Rinascimento ad Oggi
This is a very good softcover copy with a very good dust wrapper with just light wear. Completely clean. Text pages a bit toned. Text in ITALIAN. Illustrated in black & white with 55 plates. 15 page catalogue checklist for the exhibition with 135 items laid in. Text in French and English. 10" high X 7" wide, 16 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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M. Viale Ferrero
Filippo Juvarra: Scenografo e Architetto Teatrale
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Previously owned by the well known contemporary architect Der Scutt, with his characteristic handstamp on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. Illustrated throughout in color with many tipped-in plates + black & white images in the text. 11" high X 12" wide, 392 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Les Collections du Chateau de Gourdon
This is a fine 5 volume softcover set + guide volume. All volumes fine with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Near fine slipcase. These are sale catalogs for the historic auctions in Paris in 2011 of the Chateau de Gourdon Collection. Sale code: GOURDON- 1000. Text in French and English. The sales took place at Christie's in Paris on March 29- 31, 2011. 5 of the 6 volumes consist of modern design (1 of these volumes is books and documentation, photographs, etc.). The titles are Volume 1: Chefs d'Oeuvre du XXeme Siecle, 78 lots, all illustrated in color with fold-outs, and vintage black & white photographs from the period for many pieces. Volume 2: La Modernite, Livres et Documents, 248 lots, all illustrated in color. Volume 3: de l'Art Nouveau a l'Art Deco, 135 lots, all illustrated in color. Volume 4: Tableaux Anciens, Armes et Armures, Mobilier et Objets d'Art, 261 lots, all illustrated in color. Volume 5:. L' UAM et La Modernite, 152 lots, all illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included for the sale. A beautiful set certain to become a major reference on early 20th century modernist design. Extra postage on international orders. 11" high X 8" wide. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Phillips Auctioneers
Nordic Design
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Phillips London on September 27, 2012. The sale consisted entirely of Scandinavian modern design. One part of the sale included an important group of Axel Salto ceramics from a New York collector. The rest of the sale included wood furniture, lighting, metal work, textiles, glassware, etc. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 254 lots in the sale. All illustrated, most in color. 13" high X 10" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bernsen, Jens
Hans J Wegner
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. One jacket flap is creased. Completely clean. Text in Danish and English. This is a later printing of the monograph first published in 1994. Illustrated in color throughout with photographs of all of Hans Wegner's acclaimed furniture. Also black & white line drawings, side views of each piece. Jens Bernsen was the managing director of the Danish Design Center from 1977 to 2001. Chronology with dates and small black & white images of all Wegner's designs. Short bibliography. 9" high X 10" wide, 120 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hothe, Einar Kleppe
Norwegian Icons: Important Norwegian Design from the Era 1940-1975
This is a fine softcover copy, with no wear. Completely clean. Text in English and Norwegian. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in New York in 2014 at the Open House Gallery in Soho. Comprehensive survey of mid-century (20th) Norwegian design. Illustrated in color and black & white, lots of works by lesser known designers. There is a small (4" X 7") illustrated gallery invitation card for Open House at 201 Mulberry Street, New York on May 23, 2014, laid in. 10" high X 8" wide, 345 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will cost extra. (Shipping to Europe, as of summer 2020, will be $62.) This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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