Décors Ephéméres Ephemeral Decoration, French Book by André Granet, Edition 1948

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Décors éphémères: les expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André … more Décors éphémères: les expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by Prince Louis Victor de Broglie.
In Paris between 1909 and 1948, the salons in the Grand Palais near the Champs-Élysées were installed with extraordinary decorative interiors to accommodate the automobile and other trade fairs. The splendor of these temporary sets was a direct expression of a gloriously progressive Paris married with the work of the French architect André Granet (1881–1974).
In 1948, Granet’s work was documented in a large format book, which has long been out of print.
Décors Éphémères contains photographs of Granet’s installations and lighting designs, as well as his illuminations for the Eiffel Tower and the banks of the Seine. It is completed by outlines and sketches of his daring designs.
This book contains 128 pages of text in French and is illustrated with 80 photographs by Chevojon and Borremans reproduced in rotogravure, a double color plate (view of the Eiffel Tower), and numerous sketches (plans, architectural projects).
Reproductions of photographs, and some plans, of Paris expositions and architectural monuments, including the Eiffel Tower, the Exposition des Arts et des Techniques de Paris (1937), the Exposition Coloniale de 1931, many expositions in the Grand Palais on the Champs Elysées, and preparations for the visit to Paris of King George and Queen Elizabeth in 1938.
This is a beautiful coffee table art book.
Features:
Title: Decors Ephemeres: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumiere
Author: André Granet
Soft binding book.
Language: French.
80 black and white illustrations, 1 double-page in color.
128 pages.
Dimensions: 10.25 in x 13.75 in (26 x 35 cm).
This is the 1948 original edition, published in 1948 by E. Desfossés-Neogravure. less