Pierre Chareau : modern architecture and design / Esther Da Costa Meyer ; with essays by Bernard Bauchet, Olivier Cinqualbre, Jean-Louis Cohen, Robert M. Rubin, Kenneth E. Silver, Brian Brace Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Esther da Costa, 1947- author.

Contributor:

Bauchet, Bernard (Architect), writer of supplementary textual content.

Cinqualbre, Olivier, writer of supplementary textual content.

Cohen, Jean-Louis, writer of supplementary textual content.

Rubin, Robert M., writer of supplementary textual content.

Silver, Kenneth E., writer of supplementary textual content.

Taylor, Brian Brace, writer of supplementary textual content.

Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chareau, Pierre--Exhibitions.

Chareau, Pierre.

Architectural design--Exhibitions.

Architectural design.

Architecture, Modern--Exhibitions.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

The designer and architect Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) was a pivotal figure in modernism. His extraordinary Art Deco furniture is avidly collected and his visionary glass house, the Maison de Verre, is celebrated, but the breadth of his design genius has been little explored. Chareau linked architecture, fine arts, and style; designed furniture for avant-garde films and chic homes; collected artists such as Picasso and Mondrian; and was a radical innovator in the use of materials. Essays by leading scholars embrace the full scope of his invention, offering detailed analyses of individual projects, the interdisciplinary nature of his work, his Jewish background, his place in the avant-garde of Paris between the wars, and his more recent reception. Extensive illustrations present a rich sampling of Chareau's furniture, architecture, interiors, fabrics, and wallpapers, as well as his own important art collection.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-283) and index.

Published in conjuction with the exhibition, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, November 4, 2016-March 26, 2017.

Contains:

Chareau, Pierre. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9780300165791

030016579X

OCLC:

950964922