Research Catalog

Title

Art deco bookbindings : the work of Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler / Yves Peyre and H. George Fletcher.

Author

Peyré, Yves

Publication

New York : Princeton Architectural Press in association with the New York Public Library, c2004.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Legrain, Pierre, 1889-1929
• Adler, Rose, 1890-1959
• Fletcher, H. George
• Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet
• New York Public Library

Description

119 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Summary

"Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler transformed bookbinding into a medium of playful and dazzling experimentation and craftsmanship. Their colorful, imaginative works, often made in exotic materials, are found only in a few prized collections and have rarely been available to the general public. Now, this selection of more than sixty designs, colored-paper maquettes, and realized bindings are collected in one exquisite volume, with insightful texts introducing the work and discussing its revolutionary effect on modern design. Among the brilliant array of bindings are ones made especially for works by Colette, Paul Verlaine, Andre Gide, Guillaume Apollinaire, Stephane Mallarme, Michel Leiris, and Jean Giraudoux."--from the publisher.

Alternative Title

Work of Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler

Subject

• Legrain, Pierre, 1889-1929 > Exhibitions
• Adler, Rose, 1890-1959 > Exhibitions
• Doucet, Jacques, 1853-1929
• Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet
• 1900-1999
• Fine bindings > Paris > History > 20th century
• Decoration and ornament > Art deco > Exhibitions
• Bookbinding > Paris > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

• k – Exhibition – v – publications.
• History

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition jointly organized by the Bibliotheque litteraire Jacques Doucet and The New York Public Library and held at The New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Library Sue and Edgar Wachenheim II Gallery, Feb. 27- June 12, 2004.
• "Translation of the French text by Lorna Kettaneh, revised and edited by Anne Skillion"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 115) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Paul LeClerc -- Pierre Legrain and Rose Adler in The New York Public Library / H. George Fletcher -- Jacques Doucet and the art of bookbinding / Yves Peyré -- The bindings of Pierre Legrain -- The bindings of Rose Adler -- The bindings: descriptive entries -- A brief glossary of selected bookbinding terms.

ISBN

1568984626 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2003023173

OCLC

• 55147707
• SCSB-10831336

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library