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High styles : twentieth-century American design / introduction by Lisa Phillips ; essays by David A. Hanks [and others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Summit Books, ©1985.Description: xi, 212 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0874270057
  • 9780874270051
  • 0671606921
  • 9780671606923
  • 0671610902
  • 9780671610906
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: High styles.DDC classification:
  • 745.4/4973/07401471 19
LOC classification:
  • NK1404 .H53 1985
Other classification:
  • 21.82
  • J53
Contents:
1900-1915: Tradition and reform / David A. Hanks with Jennifer Toher -- 1915-1930: Traditionalism and design: old models for new / David Gebhard -- 1930-1945: The world of tomorrow: the future with a past / Rosemarie Haag Bletter -- 1945-1960: The rationalist period / Esther McCoy -- 1960-1975: The interior landscape and the politics of change / Martin Foller -- 1975-1985: Total style / Lisa Phillips.
Production credits:
  • Introd. by Lisa Phillips.
Summary: The first major survey of the genius of 20th-century American design, presenting the best of American furniture, industrial design, and decorative objects selected by a distinguished team of art and architectural historians.
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Books Books Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) Main Reading Room NK1404 .H53 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SMCF23070006

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... at the Whitney Museum, September 19, 1985-February 16, 1986"--Page iv

Includes bibliographical references.

1900-1915: Tradition and reform / David A. Hanks with Jennifer Toher -- 1915-1930: Traditionalism and design: old models for new / David Gebhard -- 1930-1945: The world of tomorrow: the future with a past / Rosemarie Haag Bletter -- 1945-1960: The rationalist period / Esther McCoy -- 1960-1975: The interior landscape and the politics of change / Martin Foller -- 1975-1985: Total style / Lisa Phillips.

Introd. by Lisa Phillips.

The first major survey of the genius of 20th-century American design, presenting the best of American furniture, industrial design, and decorative objects selected by a distinguished team of art and architectural historians.

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