Details
- Dimensions
- 9.5ʺW × 1.25ʺD × 12.5ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Period
- 2000 - 2009
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Dust jacket in mylar since new. Excellent condition, save for the subtlest yellowing to page edges - see photos. Dust jacket in mylar since new. Excellent condition, save for the subtlest yellowing to page edges - see photos. less
- Description
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Andre Arbus : Architecte-decorateur Des Annees 40 by Brunhammer, Yvonne; 400 pages. Hardcover, printed December 2003.
Text in french.
"The … more Andre Arbus : Architecte-decorateur Des Annees 40 by Brunhammer, Yvonne; 400 pages. Hardcover, printed December 2003.
Text in french.
"The life and work of André Arbus (1903-1969)", wrote Yvonne Brunhammer, "are the story of faithfulness to French tradition and a unique quest for 'unity in the artistic life' of his age." The return to tradition he advocated in his article on furniture, in 1935 opened a new path between traditional furniture making defended by Ruhlmann and Le Corbusier's standardized equipment. For his unit of measure, the decorator chose man, this geometry of the heart that he recognized in the classicism of French furniture. Official supplier to the Mobilier National in the early post-war years, he designed furniture, rugs, and light fixtures for the Élysée Palace, the château of Rambouillet, as well as ministries and embassies. This humanist manifested an extremely wide-ranging talent. Authorizing officer of prestigious ocean liners, architect of "A house for the French Family" at the Exposition of 1937, Provencal farmhouses in the Crau country and maritime monuments like the Planier Lighthouse, from the 1950s on he focused on sculpture, applying his controlled classicism to the creation of a moving image of man.
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