Eames Charles Ray Pat Kirkham (3 results)

Softcover, 486 pages, as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

486 pp.; 26 x 21 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Monograph on the life and work of Charles and Ray Eames by Pat Kirkham. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index. "Charles and Ray Eames, perhaps the most famous design partnership of twentieth-century America, did pioneering work in furniture, film, architecture, and exhibition design. Out of respect for Charles's wishes, no book on them was published during their lifetime. Now Pat Kirkham interprets their work in-depth, probing the lives behind the designs and the nature of the collaboration. In researching this major work, Kirkham had full access to the Eames archive and cooperation from the Eameses' clients and associates. The result is a richly detailed study of these remarkable designers and of their work from 1941 to 1978, including a substantial reevaluation of Ray's role. There is much here that will be new to readers who may be broadly familiar with the Eameses' work, particularly in the recounting of their early careers and in the examination of their multimedia presentations, exhibitions, and films." -- publisher's statement Fine. Covers and contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Pp. [xii]+486, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), chronology, notes, index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-edges a trifle creased; small name stamp at head of half-title page; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1998. Paperback edition. *First published in 1995. 'Charles and Ray Eames, perhaps the most famous design partnership of twentieth-century America, did pioneering work in furniture, film architecture and exhibition design' [wrapper blurb].