1963-1965 8 DOMUS Italian Art Architecture MAGAZINES Eames Alexander Girard MCM

Vintage Rare 1963 - 1965 Mid Century Modern Collection!

Lot of 8

DOMUS

Italian Art Architecture Magazines

This is a vintage collection of italian art architecture magazines, DOMUS, originals published from 1963-1965 in Milan, Italy. Featuring special issue 402 with cover by Charles Eames, with articles and photos of Eames’ studio and Alexander Girard’s folk art collection. See below for full details.

Includes issues 402, 406, 407, 408, 412, 413, 419, & 425.

Published from May 1963 to April 1965.

Long considered Europe's most influential architecture and design magazine, Domus was founded by Gio Ponti in 1928 as a "living diary" in which he could advertise his own work, outline the "aims" of his projects and raise people's awareness about other design issues. Called the "Mediterranean Megaphone" Domus lauded mass-production and tried to link architecture and artisans in a new, unforeseen ways. Ponti left Domus in 1940 to start his other journal, Stile in which he could focus on art and the impact of the war on Italian architects and architecture. In 1948 Ponti returned to Domus, where he recast it in his own eclectic, exuberant vision of the modern and tirelessly championed designers he admired, notably Carlo Mollino.

Here is some extensive info about issue 402:

{{DOMUS 402 Milan, Editoriale Domus: Maggio 1963. Original edition. Text in Italian. Slim folio. Thick photographically printed perfect bound wrappers. Side stitched textblock. 62 [lviii] pp. Articles and advertisements. Multiple paper stocks and inserts. Elaborate graphic design throughout. Uncredited cover photograph by Charles Eames [In copertina: forme in compensato curvato di Charles Eames, vecchie e nuove (le due sagome orrizontali sono due docce, per il trasporto dei feriti, disegnate per l’esereito americano).]

Stellar special issue of Domus devoted to America, featuring Paolo Soleri, Alexander Girard’s Hallmark Guest Apartment photographed by Charles Eames, Alexander Calder’s sculpture at Eliot Noyes’s New Canaan residence, the Eames Studio, the Moscow 1959 National Pavilion designed by George Nelson, Buckminster Fuller and The Office of Charles and Ray Eames, the 1964 New York World’s IBM building, and an illustrated review of the Alexander Girard Folk Art collection exhibited at the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, MO, again photographed by Charles Eames his own bad self. And there’s an essay by Ettore Sottsass—but it’s in Italian.

Contents include:

•Full-page color photograph of Arcosanti by Charles Eames.

Paolo Soleri: an Italian in Arizona. 10-page black and white essay with location photography by Charles Eames.

•Alexander Girard’s Hallmark Guest Apartment in Kansas City. 9-page black and white essay photographed by Charles Eames.

•Alexander Calder’s sculpture at Eliot Noyes’s New Canaan residence. 5-page color and black and white photo essay.

•Hollywood backgrounds painted by Alex Trauner. 4-page color and black and white photo essay.

•The Eames Studio. 7 pages with color and black and white photography by Charles Eames.

•Uno Spettacolo Di Proiezioni Sulla Scienza [A Show Of Projections On Science]. 6 pages devoted to the film shown at the Moscow 1959 National Pavilion and the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair with photography by Charles Eames.

•The 1964 New York World’s IBM building. 4 pages devoted to the Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames building.

•The Eliot Noyes Studio: New Canaan, CT. 2 pages of ilustrations.

•Civiltá del Danubio, nelle Riviste: Ettore Sottsass, Jr. One page essay.

•The Alexander Girard Folk Art Collection. 7 page illustrated review of the Nelson Gallery Exhibition in Kansas City, MO, photographed by Charles Eames

•Illustrated art reviews of Christo and others.}}

CONDITION:

There are “ART INDEX” stamps on covers, and handwritten notes inside of issues throughout from previous owner, looks to have been used as an art reference for a studio. There is wear to spines and edges, inside is in great shape, but with the writing, notes and translations are actually helpful. See photos for details.

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