ART DECO/ 50 WORKS OF ART YOU SHOULD KNOW

Presented chronologically in fullpage illustrations accompanied by explanatory texts, these fifty iconic examples demonstrate the variety of ways Art Deco was expressed. Included here are a soup tureen designed by Jean Puiforcat/ Edward Steichens portrait of Fred Astaire/ a brass-framed mirror by Austrian Franz Hagenauer/ a still from the Busby Berkeley film, Footlight/ and The Portrait of a Young Girl in a Green Dress by the Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka. Other examples include jewelry, architecture, posters, and items used in ev...[Read more]