Design Since 1945: Philadelphia Museum of Art by Hiesinger, Kethryn B. And Marcus, George H - 1983

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Square 4to. FINE xxiv + 251pp., with illustrated 500 exhibition items, 17 essays on the design process and product categories, designer biographies, and bibliography. Contributors include Alvar Aalto, Anni Albers, Max Bill, Gae Aulenti, Mario Bellini, Harry Bertoia, Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Lucienne and Robin Day, De Pas, D'Urbino, Lomazzi, Charles Eames, Frank Gehry, Alexander Girard, Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Georg Jensen, Finn Juhl, Poul Kjaerholm, Florence Knoll, Raymond Loewy, Vico Magistretti, Enzo Mari, Bruno Mathsson, Paul McCobb, Bruno Munari, George Nakashima, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Eliot Noyes, Verner Panton, Pierre Paulin, Gaetano Pesce, Warren platner, Gio Ponti, James Prestini, Eero Saarinen, Richard Sapper, Timo Sarpaneva, Tovia and Afra Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Van Keppel-Green, Paolo Venini, Leila and Massimo vignelli, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Russell Wright, Edward Wormley, Marco Zanuso, Eva Zeisel and many others. A very important exhibition of modern design. A crisp, clean copy with a trace of shelf soiling to the bottom edges.