Main entry:

Larsen, Jack Lenor, artist.

Title & Author:

Jack Lenor Larsen : creator and collector / David Revere McFadden, Mildred Friedman, Lotus Stack and Jack Lenor Larsen.

Publication:

London ; New York : Merrell Publishers, 2004.
©2004

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Arts & Design, New York; the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania; and Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal.
Published in association with The Museum of Arts and Design, New York and the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design, Montréal.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword and acknowledgments / Holly Hotchner and Mrs. David M. Stewart -- Body and soul: Jack Lenor Larsen as designer and collector / David Revere McFadden -- The ambassador-at-large / Mildred Friedman -- Tributes to Jack / Dale Chihuly, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Hugh Hardy -- Design elements / David Revere McFadden with Lotus Stack and Jack Lenor Larsen -- Light and translucency -- Surface and texture -- Pattern and color -- Form and structure -- Context and commissions -- Chronology / Anne Hoy -- The Larsen archives in Minnesota and Montreal / Lotus Stack.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Widely considered a master of twentieth-century textile design, world-renowned designer Jack Lenor Larsen has also collected the crafts of world cultures and related contemporary art for the last fifty years. The synergy between his design and his collecting is the subject of this stimulating book, which offers insights into Larsen's artistic vision and the nature of creativity itself. Over forty of Larsen's most innovative textiles are juxtaposed with the treasures that helped inspire them."--Book jacket.

ISBN:

1858942179 (hardcover)
9781858942179 (hardcover)
1858942187 (pbk.)
9781858942186 (pbk.)

Subject:

Larsen, Jack Lenor Exhibitions.
Larsen, Jack Lenor
Larsen, Jack Lenor, 1927-
Larsen, Jack Lenor Art collections Exhibitions.
Male weavers United States.
Textile designers United States.
Dessinateurs de tissus États-Unis.
Male weavers
Textile designers
Art textile.
Arts décoratifs.
Art Private collections United States. Exhibitions.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogue d'art (Descripteur de forme)
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

McFadden, David Revere, writer of added commentary.
Friedman, Mildred S., writer of added commentary.
Stack, Lotus, writer of added commentary.
Hoy, Anne H., editor.
Stack, Lotus.
Larsen, Jack Lenor.
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Allentown Art Museum, host institution.
Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, host institution.
Merrell Publishers, publisher.
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.)
Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241093
Call No.: BIB 171000
Status: Available