The metalwork of Samuel Yellin / Joseph Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cunningham, Joseph, author.

Contributor:

Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940, artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940.

Ironwork--United States.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

architectural ornament.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xv, 528 pages; xv, 615 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Metal work of Samuel Yellin

Place of Publication:

New York : Leeds Art Foundation ; New Haven, Connecticut ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"This two-volume publication examines in depth the work of Samuel Yellin (1884-1940), a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who became the single most important ironworker in America. It narrates his family's arrival and settling in Philadelphia and his immediate impact on the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art. The rapid rise and sustained success of his business was founded on his relationships with renowned architects such as Paul Cret; Bertram Goodhue; Mellor, Meigs & Howe; George Washington Smith; and Ralph Walker. His devoted clients ranged from Gilded Age plutocrats Henry Clay Frick and J. P. Morgan Jr. to tastemakers Edward Bok and Edgar J. Kaufmann. Many masterworks are displayed alongside lesser works that establish the breadth and vitality of Yellin's work. The book seeks to inspire interest in Yellin, whom curators and scholars have at times passed over because of the challenges of placing his work within art historical categories such as Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, or Modernism. Excellent new photographs bring to life many extraordinary objects. Thanks to unlimited access to the Samuel Yellin Metalworkers archives, a wealth of archival material--photographs, drawings, and business records--is published here for the first time"--Publisher's website.

Contents:

volume 1. 1884-1923

volume 2. 1924-1940

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Rosenlund fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780300273557

030027355X

OCLC:

1535856561