John Yeon: Modern Architecture and Conservation in the Pacific
ORO Editions, 2016.
First Edition. Hardcover.
The life and work of mid-century modern architect John Yeon (1910-1994) in the Pacific Northwest. His work is characterized by careful siting, a sensitive use of wood, with planning that graciously accommodated contemporary living.
John Yeon: Modern Architecture and Conservation in the Pacific presents detailed accounts of the three interrelated spheres that comprised Yeon’s life: architecture, conservation, and art collecting. As an architect, he quickly established a national reputation with the completion of the Watzek house in Portland in 1937. As a preservationist, he advocated for causes like the Columbia River Gorge and protected several substantial parcels of land in the Gorge and along the Oregon Coast from development. Over the years, he also assembled an important collection of artworks including Asian ceramics and paintings, European furniture and other applied arts, and works by certain contemporary artists. Yeon’s later work centered on museum gallery design, wedding two of his core spheres of interest.
Item #902459ISBN: 9781935935278
8-5/8 x 11-1/8", brown cloth with white titles, brown endpapers, 280pp, notes, bibliography, acknowledgments, index, fully illustrated in color and black & white.
Previous owner's bookplate first paste-down endpaper, else as new, a crisp, square, clean copy in fragile translucent pictorial onionskin with light wear to top-edge, including one 1/4" tear.
Price: $200.00