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The Show To End All Shows (PB)
Edited by Peter Reed and William Kaizen
In 1940, The Museum of Modern Art staged a retrospective of the work of the great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Then in his 70s, Wright was a full collaborator in the organization of the project, which he intended, he said, to be "the show to end all shows." To accompany the exhibition, the Museum planned a publication including essays from many of the best-known architectural figures of the day--Alvar Aalto, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Richard Neutra, Mies van der Rohe, and others. Wright, however, took issue with certain parts of the book, and after an incendiary exchange of correspondence, including the architect's threat to cancel the entire exhibition, the show went forward but the book did not. In the 64 years since, the essays that MoMA commissioned have remained in its files. Now, for the first time in one volume, MoMA has published the entire surviving group, along with a full selection of the letters and telegrams between Wright, MoMA staff, and others. Includes 89 black & white illustrations.
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978-0-87070-055-3 |
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2004 |
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240 |
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Size: 8.5 x 10"
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