Alfonso Iannelli: Modern by Design
Oak Park, Illinois: Top Five Books, 2013.
First Edition. Hardcover. 9-3/4 x 11-3/4", black cloth with white illustration front board, xviii, 364pp, over 470 illus. & photographs Fine / Very Good. Item #900033
ISBN: 9780985278731
Foreword by Tim Samuelson. A comprehensive exploration of the work of Chicago-based Italian American modernist sculptor and designer Alfonso Iannelli (1888-1965). Iannelli was noted for his Orpheum Theater posters, the sprite sculptures he created for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Midway Gardens project in 1914 and for which Wright took credit, and his collaborations with Chicago architects on Art Deco (Adler Planetarium) and Prairie School designs (Woodbury County Courthouse). Iannelli Studios in Park Ridge was a mecca for innovation and modernism in commercial design, advertising, product design, and architectural interiors. The author has referenced job files, correspondence and reflections by the artist himself for this work. Fine in rubbed dust wrapper with a bit of minor wear to extreme edges, in protective mylar
Price: $85.00