Philippe Garner Book "Eileen Gray"

First edition, published by Thames and Hudson, 1987 This biography, written by Peter Adam, a friend of Eileen Gray in her later years, and admirer of her work, documents with many...

First edition, published by Edition Stemmle, 2002 This vivid monograph of photographs covers Daniela Federici's prolific eight and a half years working in the United States. Feder...

Published by Art, Inc, New York, first edition, 1962. This was the first book published on Modigliani's sculpture, the book is filled with beautifully printed black and white imag...

Published by Aperture, 2009 A groundbreaking book and a Classic of Japanese photography, known for pushing the boundaries of traditional photography, Hosoe recaptures some of the...

First edition, published by Walker Art Center, Minnesota, 1995 This scarce catalogue was produced for an exhibition of Polke’s works at the Walker Art Centre. Laid out in 8 chapte...

First edition, published by Little More, 1999. Keiko Nomura's photo book 'Deep South' reflect the artists roots in Okinawa and has attracted critical acc...

This is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book which studies the full range and designs of the furniture and interiors of this now highly regarded and much sought after desi...

by Sandra Dachs, Patricia De Muga & Laura Garcia Hintzo Focuses on Eileen Gray, a breakaway designer in a world dominated by male-centric style schools Besides an introductory essay, each title in the By Architects series is compiled by key modern architects through sketches, drawings, photos of the original productions, and ambient shootings A design-orientated book for a design-orientated series, Eileen Gray boasts an innovative layout and a special binding Neglected for most of her career, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) is now regarded as one of the most important furniture designers and architects of the early twentieth century and the most influential woman in those fields. Her work inspired both modernism and Art Deco. Eileen Gray was to stand alone throughout her career, first as a lacquer artist, then a furniture designer, and finally as an architect. At a time when other leading designers were almost all male and mostly members of one movement or another - whether a loose grouping like De Stijl in the Netherlands, or a formal one such as the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne - Gray remained staunchly independent. Her design style was as distinctive as her way of working. Gray developed an opulent, luxuriant take on the geometric forms and industrially produced materials used by the International Style designers, such as Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Mies van der Rohe, who shared much of her ideology. Her voluptuous leather and tubular steel Bibendum Chair and clinically chic E-1027 glass and tubular steel table...

Eileen Gray is nowadays looked upon as one of the most celebrated and influential designers of the 20th century. Her Bibendum chair and E.1027 table are...

A hard back book with no dust jacket as published. Being one of a series of monographs about designers of the 20th and 21st centuries. 120 pages, illustrated throughout with beautifu...

This book which was produced in 2003 is an important and rare monograph on the furniture designer and maker Mathieu Mategot, written by expert Philippe Jousse and collector Caroline ...

Les Dessins de Gallé, (Gallé Drawings), French Book by Philippe Thiebaut, 1993. A selection of the most beautiful sketches, studies, and models intended for Gallé's performers bequea...