Published by Amsterdam: De Hooge Brug, 1921, 1921
Seller: °ART...on paper - 20th Century Art Books, Lugano, Switzerland
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
£ 5,483.14
Convert currencyQuantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm.Folio Sq.(330x330mm)- 18pp (no ads) - B/w Photo-gravures. Special issue devoted entirely to the architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) with an introduction and text by HP Berlage (1856-1934). Among the illustrations include: a photograph of the model to the Tokyo Imperial Palace Hotel which withstood the great earthquake of 1923 which reached a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale. Elements of the front and basin are preserved in the Museum Meiji-Mura architecture in Nagoya. The beautiful cover by El Lissitzky (1890-1941), probably his best known work suprematist, recalls his famous works included in the portfolio "Proun". Covers in original lithographs by El Lissitzky, original hard-cover binding with its original string. Beautiful copy Very good condition.