Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Walter Gropius [Collection "Les Artistes nouveaux"]

Giedion, Siegfried

Paris: Les Editions G. Crès et Cie. 1931. First French-language edition. Softcover. Octavo. 15, [1]pp (Text), 32pp (Plates). Original photo-illustrated wrappers.

Illustrated with 32 striking heliogravures, this authoritative photo-illustrated monograph on Walter Gropius' work sheds a valuable light on the renown and influential German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.

The 32 photographic plates depict some of his major architectural achievements, such as: the Bauhaus building in Dessau, the Walter Gropius House, the Siemensstadt Housing Estate, the Iena Theatre, the Dammerstock Colony, etc..

Text in French. Wrappers and interior in very good condition. vg. Item #40846

Price: $250.00