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DESIGNING MODERNITY by Kaplan, Wendy, ed - 1995

by Kaplan, Wendy, ed

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DESIGNING MODERNITY by Kaplan, Wendy, ed - 1995

DESIGNING MODERNITY

by Kaplan, Wendy, ed

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New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First edition. Fine in d.j.. First edition. Quarto. 352p. Illustrated throughout in color. Silver-titled gray cloth. "It shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world and has helped to formulate a sense of national identity, especially in European countries, through local crafts and vernacular buildings... Here is a book filled with ideas and illustrations of unique importance to everyone interested in understanding the recent course of Western civilization and the contribution of design to the tremendous changes that have shaped our lives" (Jacket blurb). A beautiful presentation.
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  • Edition First edition
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  • Publisher Thames and Hudson
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1995

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Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion 1885-1945, Selections from the Wolfsonian

Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion 1885-1945, Selections from the Wolfsonian

by Kaplan, Wendy, ed

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London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Wendy Kaplan has edited a fine collection of essays to augment the iInaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, Florida, and with contributions by Laurie A. Stein, with Irmela Franzke, Ellinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhalgh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett and Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray cloth, with T & H dolphins cavorting in silver stamped fineness on front cover, silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 417 illustrations, 300 in full color. [6], 7-352 pp.Member,… Read More
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Designing Modernity: The Arts of Reform and Persuasion, 1885-1945. Selections from Wolfsonian

by Kaplan, Wendy, ed

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New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 352 pages, numerous color and b/w illustrations, checklist of exhibition, contributors, credits, index, large 4to, pictorial gray cover. Very good+, cover corners slightly worn, slightly canted; contents fine.
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