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California design, 1930-1965 : living in a modern way /

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The first comprehensive examination of California's mid-century modern design, generously illustrated.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Other Authors: Kaplan, Wendy, Tigerman, Bobbye, 1978-, Adamson, Glenn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA : Cambridge, MA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; MIT Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Decorative arts > California > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Modernism (Aesthetics) > California > Exhibitions.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780262298964
0262298961
9780262299862
0262299860
1283321785
9781283321785
0262298090
9780262298094
9786613321787
6613321788
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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