Underground interiors : decorating for alternate life styles. [Surrealist interiors -- Environments -- Radical Chic -- Pop Culture -- Space Age Habitations]

New York : Galahad Books, 1972, 1972. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 121 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm ; ISBN: 0883653079; 9780883653074 LCCN: 75-9456 ; LC: NK2130; Dewey: 747/.204; OCLC: 1992932 ; mauve textured boards, in chipped color photographic dustjacket, stamp on front endpaper ; Contents: Surrealist interiors -- Environments -- Radical Chic -- Pop Culture -- Space Age Habitations ; "[A]n exploration into the revolt against old concepts of decor and old ways of living: a look at the new living environments closely linked to recent developments in art, politics, and the press, all of which have taken the name 'underground' to distinguish them from their establishment counterparts. These anti-establishment interiors are whimsical, mischievous, simple, incredible, beautiful, obsessive and dreamy. They will surprise some, shock many, and amuse the majority. This book documents a transition that we are now undergoing." ; features the interior designs of Antony and Dorothee Miralda, Catherine Desmarets, Zandra Rhodes, Samuel Bury, Christine Bury [all in Paris], Marina Lante della Rovere [Rome], Gilardi, Julie Christie [London], Pititia Stillanopoulis [Rome], Verde Visconti [Rome], Emerique Bronson [New York], Felix Drury [West Point, Georgia], Lino Schenal [Rome], Alexandra Kasuba [New York], Paul Rudolph [New York], Quasar Khanh, Emmanuelle Khanh [Paris], Max Clandinning [London], Giancarlo Nocentini [Turin], Gamal El Zoghby [New York], Derek Jarman [London], James (Jack) Hubbell [California], Luciano Canella [Milan], Enrico Colombotto Rosso, Franco Ciccarelli [Milan], Thea Porter [London], Leonard Stanley [California], Karl Lagerfield [Paris], Seymour Avigdor [New York], Richard Smith [London], Rodney Rawlings [London], Jay Steffy [California], Pippo Anfuso [Rome], Stefano Mantovani [Rome], Tony Facella, Marta Perkel, Bill Topley [New York], Charles Moore [New Haven, Connecticut, Maine and New York], Tom Lucky [Vermont], Allan Buchsbaum [New York], Mel Smith [New York], Olivier Mourgue [Paris], Hugh Hardy [New York], Mo Mac Dennot [London], Christopher Van Percy [London], Andy Blackman [New York], Claude Fregnac, Dagmar Fregnac [Paris], Arnal [Paris], Richard Ohrbach [New York], Max Gordon [London], Victor Lukens [New York], Clyde Rich [New York], Bruno Sacchi [Turin], Mayers and Schiff [New York], Nanda Vigo [Milan], C. Ray Smith [New York], Hans Muller [Paris]; documents rarely-seen imagery of late 1960's early 1970's interior designers and architects ; "[A] fantastic mind-expanding experience into contemporary life styles." ; scarce FINE/G.