Decoration Moderne dans L'interieur
Paris: S. De Bonadona 1935. First Edition. Oblong portfolio, approximately 13.125 x 9.875 inches; ff [2] + 48; printed pale green paper boards; black cloth backstrip; black cloth ties; remains of bookseller's ticket to front pastedown; sheets clean and without tears; some slight bowing to sheets, else fine. (No date but 1930-1935 attribution based on OCLC/Worldcat dating). Presumed first edition. Near Fine. Boards. [20242]
Illustrated with 48 lithograph and pochoir plates showing Bauhaus and especially Art Deco interior design mostly for residential and office space. A Table of the Plates is also printed. Introductory note by Parisian architect Henry Delacroix, who produced several portfolios of design ideas for various architectural settings. Painterly elements figure in some of the designs, showing the influence of modern masters such as Braque, Chagall and Mondrian. A fine and desirable example.
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