The ARCHITECTURE of R.M. Rudolph SCHINDLER Modernist Los Angeles MOCA 2001

by Michael Darling, Elizabeth A. T. Smith

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First edition

Title: The Architecture of R.M. Schindler Author: Elizabeth Smith, Michael Darling, Robert Sweeney, Richard Guy Wilson, Kurt Helfrich Publisher: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in association with Harry Abrams, Inc. Publishers, New York Copyright Date and Edition: 2001, presumed first edition ISBN: 9780810942233 Exhibition: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; National Building Museum, Washington D.C.; MAK< Vienna, Austra; tour dates 2001-2002 Pages: 284 pages Format, Size: Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 9 3/8" by 11 1/4" Language: English Illustrations:265 illustrations of which 107 are in full-color Catalog and monograph issued in conjunction with the 2001-2002 traveling exhibition focusing on the noted architect Rudolph M. Schindler, originating at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. This landmark retrospective exhibition surveyed the innovative career of the Vienna-born, California-based modernist architect. "Includes foundational essays by Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Michael Darling, Robert Sweeney, Richard Guy Wilson, and Kurt G.F. Helfrich. It traces Schindler’s early Vienna training, his work under Frank Lloyd Wright, and his mature independent practice in California. Highlights include Schindler's experimental use of unconventional materials (concrete, wood, plastic) and his sensitivity to diverse Southern California topographies." “Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953) was an Austrian-born American architect whose most important works w

• Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
• Year: 2001
• ISBN: 9780810942233
• Condition: Very Good

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