Hardcover Book. “Contemporary” Architecture and Interiors of the 1950’s. Lesley Jackson. Los Angeles, Ca. 1998

Description

Hardcover Book: “Contemporary.”

Authors: Leslie Jackson

Publisher: Phaidon Inc

Subject: “Architecture and Interiors of the 1950’s.”

Hardcover Book: 100-52

Pages:244

Date: 1998

THIS FIRST EDITION WAS ASSIGNED TO JULIUS SHULMAN BY THE BOOK’S PUBLISHER AS NOTED ON THE FIRST PAGE.

THIS BOOK IS IN NEW CONDITION AND WAS USED BY SHULMAN AT HIS HOLLYWOOD HILLS STUDIO.
From Shulman’s Private Book Collection located at his Hollywood Hills Studio.

This book is the first to explore fully the so-called ‘contemporary’ style that dominated architecture and design from the late 1940s to the end of the 1950s. It was an era of optimism and confidence, where new ideas in architecture and design flourished alongside the emergent consumer culture.

Emanating mainly from the USA, the ‘contemporary’ style was fresh and liberating, manifesting itself in the picture window and the open plan, in new forms of furniture from Scandinavia and stylish light fittings from Italy, and most tellingly in the contemporary kitchen with its fitted units and mod-con appliances. This book examines the fresh and liberated design ideas of this buoyant era with an acute eye and open mind.

*This Book is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity authorized by the Julius Shulman Trust and Photographic Archives.

Size 10″ x 11.5″  (25.4 cm. x 29.21 cm.)

This Hardcover Book is in new condition. Report: Any condition statement is given as an opinion and the condition statement does not imply that these Hardcover Book is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfection or the effects of aging.

This Hardcover Book is part of the Julius Shulman Estate and came directly from Shulman’s Hollywood Hills Studio.