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Kaufmann, Walter [Translator]Biblio.com

20 GERMAN POETS; A BILINGUAL COLLECTION

[CENTURY OF PROGRESS -- ART DECO]. KAUFMANN, [Charles D] & FABRY, [Herman]. (Photographers).Biblio.com

A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933-1934 presents this collection of official photographs to General Robert E. Wood.

193360349Chicago IL: Century of Progress International Exposition Committee Kaufmann-Fabry Photographers 1933. Folio. 12.25 x 14.5 in. 52 leaves unnumbered. silver gelatin photo title w/calligraphic name of recipient added 51 warm-toned silver prints with 8 x 11 in. images in center with 1.5 in. blank borders each captioned in pencil all mounted on white linen hinges. Full blue-gray morocco gilt ruling & Art Deco lettering on front cover & spine rounded corners blue silk moire endpapers lower margins of title first two leaves renewed w/paper repairs poorly removed former ownerâ€™s bookplate on verso of silk moire front flyleaf carefully repaired still a VG- exemplar from the library of General Robert Elkington Wood 1879-1969 who served in the Philippine Insurrection Quartermaster for the Panama Canal Railroad Company during the construction with the 42nd Rainbow Division in the AEF in World War I and after retirement with the du Point de Nemours Co. in Venezuela and then as President of Sears Roebuck from 1928-1939 and chairmen until 1954. First edition of this spectacular presentation souvenir album for the Century of Progress which influenced modernist architects for decades and served as an invaluable exhibit of art deco design motifs. The limited number of presentation albums appear to have been created as gifts by the photographers for the Board of Trustees Officers and Founder Members for the Exposition. These remarkable images include a night shot of the Grand Fountain; aerial views of the grounds; the facade of the Hall of Science which typified the linear geometric Art Deco style of the Fair designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret and one of the interior shots showing the Great Hall announcing Planckâ€™s Quantum and Einsteinâ€™s Relativity theories; the General Electric buildings; the stunning Transportation Building with itâ€™s amazing Art Deco facade and a nighttime view of the Planetarium and Terrazzo Reflecting Pools. The photographers have also included an excellent photo of Italo Balboâ€™s squadron of 24 Savoia-Marchetti SM.55X flying boats above Lake Michigan next to the fairgrounds. His planes had left Italy on June 30 1933 and finally arrived over Chicago on July 15 1933 and even carrying airmail of which the commemorative envelopes are still very desired items by collectors. Also included are views of the Streets of Shanghai Swiftâ€™s Orchestra Shell Admiral Byrdâ€™s South Pole Ship the â€œCity of New Yorkâ€ The Chrysler Motors Building Swiss Village Electrical building with fireworks in a night scene and many others. Kaufmann & Fabry was an active commercial photographic firm specializing in architectural photography in Chicago from before 1910 and are still an active company. Founders were Charles D. Kaufmann b. 1888 an Austrian-American and Herman Fabry 1879-1955 German-American who are perhaps best remembered as the official photographers of the 1933 Century of Progress Worldâ€™s Fair and were awarded not only the rights for publishing and distributing photographs and photos in publications but also operated a camera shop and film processing lab on the Exhibition grounds through 1933 and 1934. Century of Progress International Exposition Committee, [Kaufmann-Fabry Photographers], unknown

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ART DECO - KAUFMANN, Charles D & Herman FabryBiblio.com

A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933-1934 presents this Collection of Official Photographs to Orville J. Taylor.

1933134251Chicago Illinois: Century of Progress International Exposition Committee Kaufman-Fabry Photographers 1933. By far the most beautiful" souvenir of the Century of Progress Exposition First and only edition of this spectacular highly limited-issue souvenir album for the Century of Progress exposition an event which was to have a profound influence on modernist architects for decades to come and served more generally as an invaluable "repository" of Art Deco motifs. A small number of these presentation albums were created as gifts for the Board of Trustees Officers and Founder Members for the Exposition by the official photographers. World Cat. records only 15 copies at 12 locations all but a couple with identifiable recipients; just a handful of copies at auction. This copy from the library of Orville J. Taylor 1885-1969 noted Chicago Attorney Century of Progress Trustee World War I veteran who served as Major with the 86th Division of the A.E.F. but unfortunately is also remembered as the author of the whitewash "Taylor Report" on the black market activities of US personnel after World War II. The remarkable images include the spectacular Grand Fountain at night; aerial views across the grounds by night and day; the facade of the Paul Philippe Cret-designed Hall of Science which typifies the linear geometric Art Deco style of the Fair together with an image of the interior of the Great Hall where smartly dressed crowds scurry past wall text announcing Planck's Quantum and Einstein's Relativity theories; the Electrical Building with a shot of the circular court the central Electrical Fountain with its chromed canopy reflecting the iridescent jets of water playing below; the stunning Transportation Building at night with its sunrise façade brightly illuminated from within and by day showing the cables from which the domed roof was "flown"; a night time view of the lowering Adler Planetarium which contained the only Zeiss projector in America at the time; a selection of views of the national "villages" - Black Forest Belgian English Colonial Italian and the Streets of Shanghai - and a shot of Italo Balbo's squadron of Savoia-Marchetti SM 55X flying boats overflying Lake Michigan. Founded around 1910 by Charles D. Kaufmann 1888-1948 a Bohemian-American and Herman Fabry c.1879-1955 German-American Kaufmann & Fabry was a Chicagoan commercial photographic studio specialising in architectural photography. The firm is perhaps best remembered for its work recorded here as official photographers to the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair. They were not only awarded the rights for publishing and distributing photographs and for the publication of photo illustrations they also operated a highly lucrative camera shop and film processing lab on the Exhibition grounds for the duration of the Exposition. "Surprisingly little has been written about Kaufmann & Fabry - either the business or the men themselves. They claimed to have the most thoroughly equipped photographic plant in America. We are lucky in the next century to have this splendid sample of their artistry and a magnificent souvenir of the Century of Progress. of the thousands of printed books and souvenirs produced around the fair Kaufmann & Fabry's album of photographs is by far the most beautiful" Chicago by the Book p.127. Folio 347 x 295 mm original full blue-grey morocco by Arthur Hertzberg gilt ruling and Art Deco lettering including the recipient's name on front cover and spine blue moiré silk endsheets. 52 unnumbered leaves mounted on white linen hinges the first with a silver gelatin photo title the recipient's name added calligraphically followed by 51 warm sepia-toned original silver prints 278 x 203 mm each captioned in pencil in an attractive cursive hand. A touch rubbed front hinge starting toward the head but remains a excellent exemplar. unknown

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Kaufmann, Edgar (Editor)Biblio.com

An American Architecture; Frank Lloyd Wright

195579356New York NY: Bramhall House 1955. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Good. 269 5 pages. Oversized volume measuring 12-1/2 inches by 9 inches. Includes 262 black and white illustrations of works by Frank Lloyd Wright. Cover has some soiling and fading. Some page discoloration and spotting. Topics covered include Organic Structure in Nature Creativity The Place of the Machine in Architecture Architecture is Poetry The Law of Change Earth-line and Human scale The Architect's Limitations Case Histories including The Larkin Building Unity Temple Taliesin The Small House Where Principle is Put to Work There Will Always Be Style and the Future of Organic Architecture. Also includes Source List Acknowledgments and Photographers' Credits. This work was edited by the son of the man who commissioned perhaps Wright's greatest architectural masterpiece--Falling Water Edgar Kaufmann Jr. April 9 1910 - July 31 1989 was an American architect lecturer author and an adjunct professor of architecture and art history at Columbia University. Kaufmann Jr. attended the School for Arts and Crafts at the Austrian Museum of Applied Art in Vienna in the late 1920s. He studied painting and typography for three years with Victor Hammer in Florence. After reading Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography Kaufmann decided to become a resident apprentice in architecture at Wright's Taliesin East School and Studio from 1933 to 1934. When he left Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in 1935 he joined the family business and became merchandise manager for home furnishings and in 1938 was elected secretary of the Kaufmann Department Stores Inc.5 In 1940 Edgar wrote to Alfred Barr of the Museum of Modern Art proposing the Organic Design in Home Furnishings Competition won by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen. That same year he left Kaufmann's to join the Museum of Modern Art. He served with the Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1946 during World War II. Afterwards he was director of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art MOMA in New York City. Edgar's greatest accomplishment during his tenure at MOMA was the 'Good Design' program of 1950 to 1955 in which the museum joined with the Merchandise Mart in Chicago promoting good design in household objects and furnishings. From 1963 to 1986 Kaufmann was an adjunct professor of Architecture and Art History at Columbia University. He authored several books on Wright architecture and modern designand was a contributor to Arts Architecture journal and Encyclopedia Britannica. Bramhall House hardcover

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