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From Bauhaus to Aspen :Herbert Bayer and modernist design in America /Gwen F. Chanzit ; with a note on Herbert Bayer and the Denver Art Museum by Daniel Libeskind.

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  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-245657

Description

xxvi, 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Artists
Modernism (Art)

Originator

Chanzit, Gwen Finkel, 1948-
Libeskind, Daniel, 1946-

Contents

Herbert Bayer and the Bauhaus -- Bayer's post-Bauhaus years in Europe, 1928-1938 -- Early painting -- The relationship between the fine arts and commercial work in Herbert Bayer's oeuvre -- Bayer's life in America -- Graphic design and typography -- Exhibition design -- Environmental design -- Corporate projects -- The anthologies.

Publication

Boulder [Colo.] : Johnson Books

Description

xxvi, 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Notes

"Co-published with the Denver Art Museum."
Previously published: Herbert Bayer and modernist design in America. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, c1987.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-266) and index.
Gift of the author (via Wendy Hubbard), November 3, 2009. Title page signed by the author.

ISBN

155566329X
9781555663292

Call Number

Stacks N6537.B24 C5 2005

Other People and Orgs

Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985.

Material Type

Biography.

Places

United States
United States.

Variant Title

Herbert Bayer and modernist design in America

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