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David G. De Long is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication of the University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, and Program Director of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008) was director and chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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SUNNYLANDS: ART and ARCHITECTURE of the ANNENBERG ESTATE in RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA *
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. B00K: Fine+/, 2010 (illustrator). 1st Edition. B00K: Fine+/, $350.14, Reduced from. 9780812241617 SUNNYLANDS: ART and ARCHITECTURE of the ANNENBERG ESTATE in RANCHO MIRAGE, CALIFORNIA * DE LONG, David G.; D'HARNONCOURT, Anne; JAMIESON, Kathleen Hall UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA PRESS; PENN 2010 1sT Edition, 1sT Printing Tall Wide Thick D/j + H/c. Dark Multi Brown Tones Colored Spine With Title In Off~White Letters, Dust Jacket: Fine/, Slight Shelf, Top Edge Wrinkling And Corner Wear. Hard Cover B00K: Fine+/, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 185 Numbered Pages Printed On Off~White Paper, In Fine+/, That Appear To Lightly Viewed, And Are Clean and Tight To The Spine. = SYNOPSIS: Located Near Palm Springs, California, In A Community Known As Rancho Mirage, Sunnylands Was Built In The Early 1960S By Walter And Leonore Annenberg, Two Of America'S Leading Philanthropists. Envisioned By Noted California Architect A. Quincy Jones And The Renowned Interior Design Team Of William Haines And Ted Graber, The Estate Has Come To Be Regarded As An Icon Of Midcentury Modernism. The Grounds At Sunnylands Include Twelve Man-Made Lakes And A Golf Course Surrounded By Hundreds Of Eucalyptus Trees, Olive Trees, And Oleanders, All Set Against The Majestic Backdrop Of The San Jacinto And Santa Rosa Mountains. Housed Within The Estate Are Exceptional Collections?Modern Sculpture, Paintings And Works On Paper, The Steuben Glass Collection, Decorative Arts, Chinese Art, And One-Of-A-Kind Mayan And Hindu Objects?Framed By Furnishings In A Style Known As Hollywood Regency. = Sunnylands Became Known As A Gathering Place For American Presidents, British Royalty, World-Famous Artists, Writers, Actors, And Other Noted Achievers. President Dwight D. Eisenhower And His Wife, Mamie, Often Joined The Annenbergs At Sunnylands. President Nixon Used The Estate To Work On His State Of The Union Message In 1974, And Nearly Every U.S. President Since Has Paid A Visit. = Sunnylands: Art And Architecture Of The Annenberg Estate In Rancho Mirage, California Tells The Story Of The Celebrated Home?How It Came To Be Commissioned, Details Of Its Design And Construction, Acquisition Of The Extensive Collections Of Art And Objects, Changes Over The Years?And Includes Comments By Noted Guests. A Foreword By Kathleen Hall Jamieson Positions Sunnylands Within Its Geographical And Social Setting, And An Afterword By The Late Anne D'Harnoncourt Provides A Firsthand Account Of What Being There Was Like. New Photographs And Drawings Commissioned Especially For The Book Expand Upon Archival Plans And Photographs To Complete This Richly Detailed Portrait Of An Extraordinary Place. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Stains. Description Applies To This BooK, ONLY. This Book Has A Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. Seller Inventory # 022534
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Hardcover. Cantaloupe-colored stamped cloth, color illus. embossed dust jacket, 183 pp., many color illus. "Located near Palm Springs, California, in a community known as Rancho Mirage, Sunnylands was built in the early 1960s by Walter and Leonore Annenberg, two of America's leading philanthropists. Envisioned by noted California architect A. Quincy Jones and the renowned interior design team of William Haines and Ted Graber, the estate has come to be regarded as an icon of midcentury modernism. . [This book] tells the story of the celebrated home -- how it came to be commissioned, details of its design and construction, acquisition of the extensive collections of art and objects, changes over the years -- and includes comments by noted guests. A foreword by Kathleen Hall Jamieson positions Sunnylands within its geographical and social setting, and an afterword by the late Anne d'Harnoncourt provides a firsthand account of what being there was like. New photographs and drawings commissioned especially for the book expand upon archival plans and photographs to complete this richly detailed portrait of an extraordinary place." (dj) This copy is SIGNED BY THE EDITOR on the half title page. Very Good ex-museum lib copy. associated library markings. Seller Inventory # 195231
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