April 12, 2024
1927 ART DECO JAZZ AGE design NEW BACKGROUNDS FOR A NEW AGE Edwin Avery Park
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New Backgrounds for a New Age.Park, Edwin Avery.Published byHarcourt, Brace and Company,, New York, 1927. First EditionCloth backed paper decorated boards hardcover ; scuffing and wear to spine and corners and edges else binding tight good ;225 p ages with index; .approx 58 plates with 82 halftone illustrations with designs by the author; line drawings Survey of advanced tendencies in contemporary American applied arts and architecture, as influenced by the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, with discussion of work by leading American decorators and craftsmen. A key text on American Art Deco. Contents: The Meaning of "Style"; Decorative Art in Europe - William Morris to 1926; American Esthetics Today; Industrial Democracy and Art; The Tempo of Modern Art; Education; Discovering the New Beauty; Steel, Concrete, and Terra Cotta; Modern American Decorators and Craftsman (two chapters); Possibilities in Decoration; The Future. Designers include Winold Reiss, Paul Zimmerman (interiors), Paul Frankl (furniture), Hunt Diedrich and Henry Varnum Poor (pottery), Cheney silks, Nina Vasselevsky (wallpaper designs); etc....
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