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With 165 illustrations, including 89 plates in color. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in orange.
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The reputation of architect Hector Guimard (1867-1942), who was celebrated for his innovative, elegant buildings, declined as Art Nouveau gave way to Art Deco. Taking nature as his model, Guimard, like Antonio Gaudi in Spain, challenged accepted architectural wisdom. He replaced straight lines with curves, classical balance with graceful asymmetry. He twisted cast iron into organic shapes, giving new emphasis to such details as doorways, grilles and railings. Guimard's buildings are the adult equivalent of the enchanted world of childhood fairy talesdelightful, whimsical, yet sophisticated. His major work is displayed here in 165 full-page photographs, from his first success, the Castel Beranger apartment complex, to the seaside villa of La Bluettea playful triumph of disharmony, to the mature, handsome Hotel Mezzaraand, of course, the famous Metro entrances in Paris. Also included are examples of his decorative arts. This book by Academie Francaise member Rheims is a worthy tribute to a long-neglected master.
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Hector Guimard (English Language Edition)
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Harry N Abrams, 1988
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Abrams, 1988. Hardcover; 223 pages, illustrated throughout. Our copy is ex-university library bound in green cloth with orange title / device on front side. Text and captions are in English. Has the usual library markings. No dust jacket. Binding is square and secure. A good working copy overall. Ships from Ohio. Seller Inventory # RHEI_050223
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Light wear to dust jacket. ; Olive green cloth boards. Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Momograph of premier Art Nouveau architect of France. Photos by Ferre Rheims. Due to size, ships within Us only and only by media rate mail. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 234 pp. Seller Inventory # 54861
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Hardcover. First American edition. Olive cloth boards, orange titling, glossy color pictorial dj, 224 pp., 165 illustrations, including 89 color plates. From the dj: Hector Guimard was the premier Art Nouveau architect of France . His star shone brightly at the turn of the century, only to be eclipsed in the twenties by the lights of Art Deco and modernism . Ferre photographed with loving care all of Guimard's significant buildings--29 of them--as well as examples of Guimard's work in the decorative arts. Good-/VG (spine shaken; textblock & pgs firm/intact. faint sunning to board edges. heavy foxing to textblock edges. dustjacket has scuffs, scratches; creasing to corners; euro price-stickers to interior, front flap). Seller Inventory # 129371
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First English Language Edition. hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws - clean, no writing or markings, tightly bound.; english edition translated from french original.; 224pp., 165 illustrations, including 89 color plates., well illustrated comprehensive monograph focusing on the architecture of guimard. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 9005
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Hector Guimard. Photographs by Felipe Ferre. Text by. . . Explanatory captions and chronology by Georges Vigne.
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Folio. 223, [1] pp. Colour frontisp., 88 color illustrations & plates, nearly 80 black & white photo illustrations plates. Green cloth, orange lettering in Art Noveau style on front cover, w/ d.j. F/F copy, from the library of William McDonald, Jr. (1921-2010), noted historian of Classical Roman architecture and art, w/ ownership signature on front pastedown. First edition in English of this lavishly illustrated study of the noted French Art Nouveau architect, and contemporary of Gaudi. Seller Inventory # 49636