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This biography of A. James Speyer traces his early career as a student of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. During the 1940s and 1950s he taught architecture under Mies while completing glass and steel projects in Chicago and Pittsburgh. In 1957 Speyer travelled to Greece on a Fulbright fellowship, and taught at the Polytechneon in Athens. he later became Curator of Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, holding this position for 25 years and mounting many innovative exhibitions. The book includes essays by Franz Schulze and six of Speyer's friends.
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A. James Speyer: Architect, Curator, Exhibition Designer
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Richard Nickel Committee and Arts Club of Chicago, 1997
ISBN 10: 0966027310
ISBN 13: 9780966027310
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Hardcover
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover with dustjacket, 108 pages; very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # A.SpRi75
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A James Speyer: Architect, Curator, Exhibition Des
Published by
Richard Nickel Committee, 1998
ISBN 10: 0966027310
ISBN 13: 9780966027310
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Hardcover
Seller: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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1998, Architecture, Richard Nickel Committee, 124 p., fine cloth and dust kacket. Seller Inventory # 10519
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A James Speyer: Architect, Curator, Exhibition Designer
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Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1998
ISBN 10: 0966027310
ISBN 13: 9780966027310
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First Edition
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. Monograph on A. James Speyer that was published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Arts Club of Chicago that then traveled to the Carnegie Museum of Art, and National Technical University of Athens, School of Architecture. Preface by James N. Wood. Features essays by John Vinci, Franz Schulze, Dimitris Antonakakis, Susana Antonakakis and Barbara Mirecki. Includes numerous color and black and white images. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. One of the better books on this somewhat underappreciated architect and curator who was a student of Mies Van Der Rohe. Seller Inventory # 177830