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Description:
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. From the inside cover: Known for her lyrical and shapely ceramic work, Eva Zeisel is one of the truly great designers of the twentieth century. In her 75 year career, she has designed over 100,00 object. She was the first designer in America to produce an all white Modernistic dinner service, and event celebrated at a special exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1946 Continuing to put great classic and contemporary design within everyone's grasp. Chronicle Books proudly delivers the next four installments of the popular Compact Design Portfolio. Written by top design critics, these books cover modern masters whose work ranges from the cozily domestic to the aggressively avant-garde: Eva Zeisel, whose elegantly democratic housewares span a 70-year career; Ingo Maurer, who raises lamp and lighting design to a high art form; Gaetano Pesce, whose rejection of traditional good taste brought about revolutionary furniture design; and George Nelson, the impresario behind the Marshmallow sofa and other Herman Miller classics. Following the introductory essay, a visual gallery exhibits selections of the designers' best work in photographs and sketches. Presented in an irresistible small format, this series encapsulates the life, work, and influence of the great designers of our time.
| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: CHB_2003_0811834336_WH1 |
| Condition:
New |
Year:
2003
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| Country:
USA |
Maker:
GUIDE |
| Height:
6.1 in. (15.49 cm) |
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Width: 6.4 in. (16.26 cm)
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Weight: 0.9375 |
| Title:
Compact Design Portfolio: Eva Zeisel |
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| Type:
Book |
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