Sitting on the edge : modernist design from the collection of Michael & Gabrielle Boyd / with essays by Paola Antonelli [and 3 others].

Title & Author:

Sitting on the edge : modernist design from the collection of Michael & Gabrielle Boyd / with essays by Paola Antonelli [and 3 others].

Publication:

San Francisco, California : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; New York : Rizzoli, [1998]
©1998

Description:

164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Nov. 20, 1998-Feb. 23, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / David A. Ross -- Modernism: the art of reduction / Michael Boyd -- Modernist design: the quest for ideal form / Philippe Garner -- Sitting between ideal and reality: craft and form in the collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd / Aaron Betsky -- Thrones for the common man / Paola Antonelli -- Plates / Michael Boyd, Philippe Garner & Melanie Ventilla -- Constructed painting / Michael Boyd -- Catalogue of the exhibition / Melanie Ventilla.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0847821676
9780847821679
0918471494
9780918471499

Subject:

Boyd, Michael Art collections Exhibitions.
Boyd, Gabrielle Art collections Exhibitions.
Boyd, Michael Collections d'art Expositions.
Boyd, Gabrielle Collections d'art Expositions.
Boyd, Gabrielle.
Boyd, Michael.
Chairs History 20th century Exhibitions.
Furniture History 20th century Exhibitions.
Chairs Private collections United States Exhibitions.
Furniture Private collections United States Exhibitions.
Chaises Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Meubles Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Chaises Collections privées États-Unis Expositions.
Meubles Collections privées États-Unis Expositions.
Art Private collections.
Chairs.
Chairs Private collections.
Furniture.
Furniture Private collections.
Stoelen.
Particuliere verzamelingen.
United States.

Form/genre:

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

Added entries:

Antonelli, Paola.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201938
Call No.: NK2715 .S5 1998
Status: Available

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