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Lo specchio di Saffo
Ettore Sottsass exhibition catalogue/art book  from Milan exhibition cloth bound and exquisitely printed on heavy stock featuring recent Sottsass drawings and images each issue is 16 pages and hand-numbered from the edition of 999; 
excellent condition.
retromodern price, $58.
Sottsass Associates
Rizzoli, Milan, 1988.
paper with essays by Sottsass, Radice, Zanini, et. al. featuring hundreds of color photos of objects and interiors along with  graphics and drawings chronicling the work of Sottsass Associates. Great condition.
retromodern price, $35.
Arts Decoratifs Des Annees 20
Yvonne Brunhammer, Editions du Seuil, Paris, 1989.
cloth, with dust cover, 347 pages with index featuring hundreds ofblack and white and color photos of objects and interiors from the 1920s; oversize coffee table book in excellent condition.
retromodern price, $55.
Michael Graves
Idee e Progetti 1981 - 1991
Theodore Brown and Maurizio De Vita, Electa, Milan, 1991.
paper, 154 pages featuring a comprehensive look at the ideas and projects of renowned arcitect and designer, Michael Graves. Includes chronology, biography, and awards; very good condition.
retromodern price, $45.
The House Book
Terence Conran, Crown Publishers, New York, 1974.
cloth, laminated, 447 pages featuring over 1000 photos of objects and interiors from the "guru" of home design and furnishings in the 70s; great 1960s and 70s interiors with index and glossary; excellent condition.
retromodern price, $35.
Museum of Modern Art
Machine Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1994.
paper, 60th Anniversary Edition of the legendary exhibition at MOMA, featuring over 350 black and white photos of objects from the exhibition and a new preface by Philip Johnson; excellent condition.
retromodern price, $10.
Ettore Sottsass: Ceramics
Bruno Bischofberger, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1996.
cloth with dust cover in wraps, lavishly illustrated in color with bled photographs, chronicling Sottsass' works in ceramics -- absolutely exquisite photography of the objects; excellent condition.
retromodern price, $45.
Andrea Branzi
The Complete Works
editorial, Passigli Progetti, Rizzoli, New York, 1992.
oversize paper book featuring 199 pages with over 200 illustrations (48 in color) exploring the oeuvre of this complex designer; beautifully constructed book in excellent condition.
retromodern price, $40.
 

 

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