Jean Prouve, Oeuvre complète / Complete Works, Volume 3: 1944-1954

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A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Original publisher's gray cloth, lettering stamped to spine, in tall, heavy quarto format. 385 pp. Replete with black-and-white and full-color, often full-page photographs, taken by Erika Sulzer-Kleinemeier. Bilingual text, French/English. The publisher's rear jacket blurb has it that "Jean Prouve (1901-1984) was one of the most renowned design engineers of the 20th century. This volume, the third in Birkhauser's 4-volume edition of Prouve's Complete Works, covers the period between 1944 and 1954, including such significant works as the prefabricated homes for war victims, works carried out for Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, portal frame buildings for Electricite de France, and the J. Prouve Workshops.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Seller Inventory # 345263

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