| Description |
1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : "Living in a modern way" / Wendy Kaplan -- The rise of California modern design, 1930-41 / Christopher Long -- Fusing old and new : émigré designers in California / Bobbye Tigerman -- Open world : California architects and the modern home / Nicholas Olsberg -- At home with California modern, 1945-65 / Pat Kirkham -- War and peace : unexpected dividends / Bill Stern -- Serious business : the "designer-craftsman" in postwar California / Glenn Adamson -- Distinctly Californian : modernism in textiles and fashion / Melissa Leventon -- Developing a language of vision : graphic design in California / Jeremy Aynsley -- "It has to be sold" : the dissemination of California design, 1945-65 / Wendy Kaplan and Staci Steinberger |
| Summary |
The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated |
| Notes |
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oct. 1, 2011-Mar. 25, 2012 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Decorative arts -- California -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
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Modernism (Aesthetics) -- California -- Exhibitions
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ART -- Folk & Outsider Art.
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts.
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Decorative arts
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Modernism (Aesthetics)
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California
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaplan, Wendy
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Tigerman, Bobbye, 1978-
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Adamson, Glenn
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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| LC no. |
2011015580 |
| ISBN |
9780262298964 |
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0262298961 |
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9780262299862 |
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0262299860 |
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1283321785 |
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9781283321785 |
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0262298090 |
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9780262298094 |
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9786613321787 |
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6613321788 |
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