Andre Lurcat: Projets et Realisations

Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. Andre Lurcat played a key role in the reconstruction of French cities after WWII, and contributed to the development of modernist landscape design. Portfolio, 4to, with pictorial cloth and fabric ties, published by Vincent, Freal, et Cie, Paris, undated but circa 1929. 88 collotype plates with a 16 page introduction in French. Includes photographs and plans for residential and commercial buildings, along with interior architectural details, interior design with furnishings, and outdoor landscapes. Splitting to ends of cloth spine only, joints remain sound. Gentle bumping to extremities, with moderate rubbing and soiling to boards. Gentle bumping to leaves, otherwise clean and bright.