Eileen Gray: Her Work and Her World
- ISBN-10
- 071653312X
- ISBN-13
- 9780716533122
- Series
- Eileen Gray
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 512
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-28
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Author
- Jennifer Goff
Description
The renowned and highly influential architect, furniture-maker, interior designer and photographer Eileen Gray was born in Ireland and remained throughout her life an Irishwoman at heart. An elusive figure, her interior world has never before been observed as closely as in this ground-breaking study of her work, philosophy and inner circle of fellow artists. Jennifer Goff expertly blends art history and biography to create a stunning ensemble, offering a clear beacon of light into truly understanding Gray - the woman and the professional. Gray was a self-taught polymath and her work was multi-functional, user-friendly, ready for mass production yet succinctly unique, and her designs show great technical virtuosity. Her expertise in lacquer work and carpet design, often overlooked, is given due attention in this book, as is her fascinating relationship with the architect Le Corbusier and many other compelling and complex relationships. The book also offers rare insights into Gray s early years as an artist. The primary source material for this book is drawn from the Eileen Gray collection at the National Museum of Ireland and its wealth of documentation, correspondence, personal archives, photographs and oral history.
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- 2014-09
- 360 pages
- Paperback
- Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gmbh
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