AN EXHIBITION FOR MODERN LIVING
Alexander Girard and W. D. Laurie, Jr.
Saul Steinberg [Illustrations]
Alexander Girard and W. D. Laurie, Jr., Saul Steinberg [Illustrations]: AN EXHIBITION FOR MODERN LIVING. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1949. First [only] edition. Quarto. Plastic comb binding. Stiff printed covers. 101 pp. Variety of paper stocks. Black and white photographs, diagrams and original illustrations. White covers lightly worn and soiled as usual. One tooth of the Plastic binding broken and Two other teeth lightly bent. Rarely found in collectible condition. Out-of-print and never reprinted or reissued. A very good or better copy. 8.5 x 11 softcover, spiral-bound catalogue with 101 pages and many b/w photographs, diagrams and original illustrations by Saul Steinberg. Exhibition catalog of the best of American postwar Modern design (circa 1949), including furniture, fabrics, household products, typewriters, cutlery, appliances, toys, interiors, glass etc. Articles by John Kouwenhoven and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
A very Scarce and important exhibition catalogue of the Landmark postwar exhibition from September 11 to November 20, 1949. This exhibition has achieved legendary status in the pantheon of american modernism, due to Girard's stewardship and the site-specific custom room installations by Alvar Aalto, Bruno Mathsson, Jens Risom, Florence Knoll (ably assisted by Eero Saarinen, Franco Albini, Pierre Jeanneret, Abel Sorensen, Andre Dupres and Hans Bellmann), Van-Keppel Green, George Nelson, Charles and Ray Eames and others.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The background of modern design
- Modern design in America now
- As Steinberg sees us
- Floor plan of exhibition
- Reproductions of selected objects in the exhibition
- Views of exhibition rooms
- general views of the exhibition
- Index of designers
- Index of exhibitors
- Acknowledgements
Designers and manufacturers represented in this catalogue include: Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Steuben Glass, Libbey Glass, Eric Stromberg, Pipsan Sanson, Glidden Parker, Eva Zeisel, Red Wing Pottery, Alexander Giampietro, Maija Grotell, Beatrice Albert, Zanesville Stoneware, Fred Farr, Benjamin Baldwin and William Machado, Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Schiffer Prints, Leo Jiranek, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Enrico Delmonte,Thonet, George Hansen, Harry Weese, Kurt Versen, Isamu Noguchi, Knoll Associates, Towle , Harry Osaki, Allan Adler, Harry Bertoia, Bernard Rudofsky, Margaret de Patta, Zahara Schatz, Bob Winston, IBM, Olivetti, Raymond Loewy, George Nelson, Howard MIller Clock Company, Tupper Corp., and many others.
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