Coppola Philip Ashforth (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. For decades, Philip Ashforth Coppola has meticulously documented the New York City subway in a series of extraordinary drawings, detailing the terracotta mosaics, faience, and tile patterns that millions of riders pass by every day. Coppola's drawings are what Hyperallergic calls the most encyclopedic history of the art and architecture of the New York City subway system. Along with Coppola's intricate ink drawings are anecdotes he assembled through painstaking research involving hundreds of hours poring through microfilms to discover the names behind the artisanship of what is rightly called New York's largest public art work-its legendary subway system. Copyright © Princeton Architectural Press.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: In slipcase. Limited Edition. Limited edition of 105 copies. Two soft cover volumes in cardboard slipcase that has a typed note from the author affixed to front. Tight bindings, bright, clean, wraps with sharp corners, unmarked pages throughout. Appears unread. Text, illustrations and design by author (illustrator). …