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Frank Lloyd Wright Is Pleased to Have His Humanistic Style of Architecture Placed in Opposition to Le Corbusier’s Stark Modernism Throughout the Architecture World by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Title: Frank Lloyd Wright Is Pleased to Have His Humanistic Style of Architecture Placed in Opposition to Le Corbusier’s Stark Modernism Throughout the Architecture World
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 10/9/31. Wright first wrote to Lewis Mumford in 1926, when he was in his 50s and already renowned, but at a low point in his career and in desperate need of renewed critical interest in his work; Mumford was in his 30s and making his name in cultural criticism, with much of his writing focused on architecture and urban planning. His writing, however, connected the separate domains of philosophy, architecture, anthropology, and literature to one another and to the human domain in general. He greatly admired Wright's work as ""the exemplar of organic design, built in accordance with the rhythms of modern life""; the two men shared ideas and interests. Wright first approached Mumford with an admiring note, and they developed an often wary friendship that meanders from growing intimacy to a break over politics and then to a gradual reconciliation. Their correspondence, which has been published, stands out in particular for the intensity of the pair's intellectual discourse.Both Wright and Mumford rejected what they considered the harsh designs of European modernists like Le Corbusier, whose spare cubist minimalism and focus on efficiency shaped the Modernist movement and earned the name the International Style. Wright and Mumford were very American with distinctly democratic style preferences, and shared a kind of Emersonian and Jeffersonian wish that architecture and technology should better serve humanistic ideals.Peter Behrens was a German architect, influential in Europe in the evolution of the modern architectural style. He established before World War I a predominantly utilitarian type of architecture that at the same time achieved qualities of clarity and impressiveness. Behrens is known for factories, residences, workers' apartment houses in Vienna, and for his pioneering work in industrial design. Among his pupils were Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Ludwig Miës van der Rohe. In 1931, Wright’s work was exhibited at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. Behrens then wrote an article critical of Le Corbusier’s designs as obsessed with geometry and static, naming Wright as an obvious counterpoint. Thus Wright was placed in opposition to Le Corbusier throughout the architecture world in Europe, and he was very concerned about how his philosophies and work were presented in the article and wanted to know if the translation was really accurate. At any rate, he thought it was time for him to confront excessive modernism. He sent Mumford a copy of the article.Catherine Bauer was a social historian interested in public housing, urban, and regional planning. She and Mumford were romantically linked for years. In 1931, when Wright's lectures were published in the Princeton monograph series for art and archaeology, Bauer described the book as ""the very best book on modern architecture that exists.""Typed Letter Signed, Taliesin, September 10, 1931, to Mumford, sending the letter, asking for his opinion on the translation, mentioning that he’d sent Bauer a copy while teasing her at the same time, and inviting a visit. “This may interest you - I would like to know if it ‘gets over’ in the German or is distorted. I thought it time to go to the mat. The thing is all over Europe by now. Behrens picked me up at once contra Corbusier. I’ve sent a copy to Catherine Bauer. I replied to her very characteristic note and hope she doesn’t mind teasing - for I called her ‘Communist Catherine’. There are lots of names she could call me to even up. The three evenings at the New School are Sept. 16, 17, and 18th and the 19th. We sail for Rio to make the award of the Columbus Memorial returning Oct. 26. A job on my hands. I can’t vote for anything the previous trio recommended. I guess I am going down to register a minority report._N.B. I have a job. New home in Washington, D.C.” He then adds in holograph, “Won’t you come to the ‘one man Parliament’ and bring Catherine and others. We may have some fun!” Included is a copy of Mumford’s fascinating letter in response, courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Foundation.Wright was teaching architecture at the New School in New York at this time, a fact that that school proudly relates on its website today. As for the sail to Rio, the Wrights were invited to visit Rio de Janeiro as guests of the Pan American Union to judge a series of designs for the Columbus Memorial. The Washington house he mentions here does not appear among the list of Wright’s projects. In fact, to highlight his difficulties during these years, he received no commissions that are listed as finished projects from 1929-1934.

Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology by BOLTON, Andrew

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Title: Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology
Author: BOLTON, Andrew
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781588396266
Condition: A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition
Description: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition. Folio. The complete set of items in the limited edition: cloth-bound edition of the book (black cloth), paperback pamphlet of interviews; and folded poster. Together in the original laser cut, high-density polyethylene box, outer black paper sleeve, and in the original folding cardboard box from the publisher. One of 600 copies of this limited edition that was available only at The Met and is now long out-of-print. The poster shows 600 images of ensembles featured in the publication. "Manus x Machina features more than 170 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from the early 1900s to the present. The exhibition addresses the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, when the sewing machine was invented, and the emergence of a distinction between the hand (manus) and the machine (machina) at the onset of industrialization and mass production" (the Met).

Exhibition postcard: Jan Dibbets (15 March-12 April 1975) by (DIBBETS, Jan)

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Title: Exhibition postcard: Jan Dibbets (15 March-12 April 1975)
Author: (DIBBETS, Jan)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Printed on both sides. Postcard, mailed. Los Angeles: Claire S. Copley Gallery, 1975. Postcard invitation for an exhibition by Jan Dibbets at Copley’s Los Angeles gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000).

The Prophet [Signed] by ASCH, Sholem (novel); SUPER, Arthur Saul (translation)

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Title: The Prophet [Signed]
Author: ASCH, Sholem (novel); SUPER, Arthur Saul (translation)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-343,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Light wear to extremities, some trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.00), gently spine-sunned, with modest external wear, and a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good+. With the business card of Asa B. Elliott, V.P. at G.P. Putnam's Sons, laid in. A novel set during the Old Testament, presaging the arrival of the Messiah. Uncommon signed.

Europe from a Motor Car by Richardson, Russell

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Europe from a Motor Car
Author: Richardson, Russell
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good/Near Fine
Description: Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 227pp. Sharp First Edition of this early automobile travel journal. Bound in blue cloth with decorative titles in gilt on front board and spine. Mounted illustration on front board. Top edge gilt. Mapped end-papers. 32 full-page scenic photographs. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild wear to edges and tips. Rear hinge starting but firm. Mild interior toning. A handsome collectable copy at a great price.

DIALOGUE WITH DEATH by Koestler, Arthur

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Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books

Title: DIALOGUE WITH DEATH
Author: Koestler, Arthur
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: New York: The Macmillan Co., 1942. First edition 8vo. A nice copy with browning to prelims and soiling to top and bottom edges of the cloth. The dust wrapper is chipped and worn but presentable. A harrowing tale of a man waiting to die. Original Cloth

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