Author: CALDER, A. STERLING (DESCRIBED BY: STELLA G. S. PERRY)
Title: The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition a Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Description: San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The tipped-in illustrations throughout are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning cracking to the inner hinges. "Constructed from temporary materials (primarily staff, a combination of plaster and burlap fiber) , almost all the fair's various buildings and attractions were pulled down in late 1915. Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair (reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins) , the only surviving building on the Exposition grounds, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair(although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II). The Palace, including the colonnade with its signature weeping women and rotunda dome, was completely reconstructed in the 1960s and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Stella G. S. Perry A Stirling Calder Sculpture Panama Pacific Exposition Art Murals Californiana
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Title: The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition a Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Description: San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The tipped-in illustrations throughout are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning cracking to the inner hinges. "Constructed from temporary materials (primarily staff, a combination of plaster and burlap fiber) , almost all the fair's various buildings and attractions were pulled down in late 1915. Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair (reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins) , the only surviving building on the Exposition grounds, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair(although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II). The Palace, including the colonnade with its signature weeping women and rotunda dome, was completely reconstructed in the 1960s and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Stella G. S. Perry A Stirling Calder Sculpture Panama Pacific Exposition Art Murals Californiana
Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 43113
- Book number: 43113
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