Louis Sullivan : the function of ornament / edited by Wim de Wit ; text by David Van Zanten [and three others] ; with a contribution by Robert Twombly.

Title & Author:

Louis Sullivan : the function of ornament / edited by Wim de Wit ; text by David Van Zanten [and three others] ; with a contribution by Robert Twombly.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton, [1986]
©1986

Description:

224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Errata" slip inserted.
Exhibition tour: Chicago Historical Society, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Saint Louis Art Museum.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / James D. Burke and Ellsworth Brown -- Introduction / Gyo Obata -- Sullivan to 1890 / David Van Zanten -- The tall buildings / William Jordy -- The image of progressive banking / Wim de Wit -- Enigma of modern architecture: an introduction to the critics / Rochelle Berger Elstein -- Chronology / Robert Twombly -- Major designs / Robert Twombly
British Library not licensed to copy 0.
Text in English.

ISBN:

9780393023589 (pbk.)
0393023583 (pbk.)
0393304981 (pbk.)
9780393304985 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Exhibitions.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924 Expositions.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
Decoration and ornament, Architectural Middle West Exhibitions.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux Midwest (États-Unis) Expositions.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Bouwkunst.
Ornamentiek.
Middle West
United States Architectural design Sullivan, Louis H. - Critical studies.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924, architecture.
Wit, Wim de, editor.
Van Zanten, David, 1943- writer.
Twombly, Robert, contributor.
Chicago Historical Society.
Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
St. Louis Art Museum, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 173915
Call No.: NA44.S949 (ID:87-B3561)
Copy: c. 2
Notes: paperback
Status: Available

Location: Library main 173916
Call No.: ID:87-B3561
Status: Available

Location: Library main 173914
Call No.: NA44.S949 (ID:87-B3561)
Copy: c. 1
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available

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