Ladislav Sutnar Design (A-D Gallery, 1947)

Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...

Limited edition, #363/1000, of J.P. Williams’s ode to his Yale mentor Paul Rand, chronicling Rand’s lifetime of collecting “something in nothing”— ephemeral examples of the beautiful...

First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...

Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.

Sutnar, Ladislav .Design Poster, 1961. Offset, 24 x18" Poster designed by Sutnar for the exhibition Sutnar: visual design in action, originated by the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Ladislav Sutnar...

- 1930s - Maker: UP Závody - Good original condition - 31 Pages jr.  

Vintage Modernism Arts & Architecture Magazine September 1952 John Entenza editor and publisher Volume 69 No. 9 9.75 W x 12.75 H Preowned used vintage condition Refer to all images

September 1953 Reed and Follis Arts & Architecture Modernism Magazine John Follis James Reed 9.75 W x 12.75 H Original vintage condition preowned Refer to images please