The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright
| Conditie | redelijk [rug kaft/overgang kaft voorzijde scheurtje < 1 cm] |
| Uitgavejaar | 1966 [2nd printing, 10,000 copies, December 1966] |
| Uitgegeven door | The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation/Horizon Press New York |
| Kaft | paperback [kaft van karton/dikker papier] |
| ISBN | Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-16748 |
| Code [intern] | NUMA |
Beschrijving boek
Aanvulling conditie: hoekjes en rand kaft stootplekjes. Op de 1e pagina is een 2 c postzegel geplakt met de afbeelding van Frank Lloyd Wright. Daaronder zit gelijk een vlekje. Inclusief foldout.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the collection it houses are a memorial to my uncle, Solomon R. Guggenheim, industrialist, philantropist and patron of the arts.
More than sixteen years ago he commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design an original building for the display of the growing collection of contemporary art which he had bequeathed to the public. In creating the building this inspired American architect again demonstrated his genius. In composition, in beauty and in majesty, the building will long live among the architectural treasures of man.
This book is about that building. In it are illuminating statements by a man whose architectural genius knew no bounds. He struggled for the right to create as he saw fit, and his struggle has become legendary.
For the reader who has already visited this unique structure in New York City, this book should prove a useful rembrance of a dramatic and inspiring experience.
For the reader whose only contact with the Guggenheim will be through this book, these pages have been designed to serve as a conducted tour. It begins with a briefing by the architect, followed by a walk around the exterior, and later, a leisurely trip along the gently sloping spiral ramp which has become its hallmark.
Harry F. Guggenheim [1960]
