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Irving Harper : works in paper / edited by Michael Maharam.
Fine Arts Library NB1270.P3 I78 2013x
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harper, Irving, 1916-2015, artist.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harper, Irving, 1916-2015.
- Harper, Irving.
- Paper sculpture--Pictorial works.
- Paper sculpture.
- Industrial designers--Homes and haunts--New York (State)--Rye--Pictorial works.
- Industrial designers.
- Rye.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--Rye.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Works in paper
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Skira Rizzoli, 2013.
- Summary:
- "An intimate monograph of the professional and personal creations of a midcentury design legend... Working as an associate at the office of George Nelson in the 1950s and '60s, Harper was responsible for such icons of midcentury design as the Marshmallow sofa, the Ball clock, and numerous Herman Miller textile designs. Harper's unrecognized contribution to this seminal era of design, and his incredible paper sculptures (made in his spare time to "relieve stress"), are presented for the first time in this book... An essay by design critic Julie Lasky introduces Harper's commercial design work, recognizable designs from graphics to domestic goods to furniture that are still coveted and appreciated today, designed for the offices of Raymond Loewy, George Nelson, and then his own studio Harper + George. The second part of the book documents Harper's extensive paper sculptures, which have never been exhibited. More than three hundred works fill Harper's house and barn in Rye, New York, where this array of fantastical people and animal sculptures was created from modest and inexpensive materials as diverse as spaghetti and toothpicks in addition to paper. Images of Harper's home, filled with furniture and objects of his own design as well as his paper sculptures, offer a rare glimpse into a Modern design enthusiast's paradise."--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Michael Maharam
- Irving Harper's world / Julie Lasky
- Paper sculpture by Irving Harper
- Visits with Irving / Uschi Weissmüller.
- ISBN:
- 9780847840014
- 0847840018
- OCLC:
- 827303884
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