{"product_id":"9781580935784","title":"Breuer's Bohemia","description":"Author: James Crump\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781580935784\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Phaidon\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Sep 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 248 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreuer's Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e explores a vibrant period of midcentury modern design and culture as seen through the influential New England houses designed by Marcel Breuer for his circle of clients and friends.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe iconic twentieth-century architect Marcel Breuer was a prolific designer of residential architecture, which is often overshadowed by his early renown as a Bauhaus furniture maker and his large-scale projects. \u003ci\u003eBreuer's Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e  surveys the houses he designed in Connecticut and Massachusetts from the 1950s through the  70s, many of which were commissioned by a few culturally progressive clients chiefly Rufus and Leslie Stillman and Andrew and Jamie Gagarin who coalesced around him into a dynamic social circle. Included in this scene were prominent cultural figures such as Alexander Calder,\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArthur Miller, Francine du Plessix Gray, Philip Roth, and William Styron, and more, marking a unique intersection of postwar architecture, art, and letters.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of \u003ci\u003eBreuer's Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e  coincides with the feature-length documentary of the same name by author and filmmaker James Crump, exploring Breuer s explosive residential practice on the East Coast. Through original research and interviews, the voices of principal characters from Breuer s circle and notable figures from the field of architecture help tell the story of Breuer s collaborations with his friends and clients, breathing new life into the history of the rich cultural atmosphere of which they all played a vital part.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeavily illustrated with vintage and contemporary photographs as well as rarely seen archival materials, \u003ci\u003eBreuer's Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e  is a unique glimpse of a twentieth-century milieu that produced an aesthetic, intellectual, and sometimes sybaritic community during a fertile period of American design and culture.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67970689499294,"sku":"ADS-9781580935784","price":79.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781580935784.jpg?v=1794186849","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781580935784","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}