Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect
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Edited by Cloe Pitiot and Nina Stritzler-Levine
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A smartly designed and beautifully illustrated look at the life and work of an elusive and influential designer and architect
Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a versatile designer and architect who navigated numerous literary and artistic circles over the course of her life. This handsome volume chronicles Gray’s career as a designer, architect, painter, and photographer. The book’s essays, featuring copious new research, offer in-depth analysis of more than 50 individual designs and architectural projects, accompanied by both period and new photographs.
Born in Ireland and educated in London, Gray proceeded to Paris where she opened a textile studio, studied the Japanese craft of lacquer that would become a primary technique in her design work, and owned and directed the influential gallery and store known as “Jean Désert.” Gray struggled for acceptance as a largely self-taught woman in male-dominated professions. Although she is now best known for her furniture, lighting, and carpets, she dedicated herself to many architectural and interior projects that were both personal and socially driven, including the Villa E 1027, the iconic modern house designed with Jean Badovici, as well as economical and demountable projects, such as the Camping Tent.
Eileen Gray (1878–1976) was a versatile designer and architect who navigated numerous literary and artistic circles over the course of her life. This handsome volume chronicles Gray’s career as a designer, architect, painter, and photographer. The book’s essays, featuring copious new research, offer in-depth analysis of more than 50 individual designs and architectural projects, accompanied by both period and new photographs.
Born in Ireland and educated in London, Gray proceeded to Paris where she opened a textile studio, studied the Japanese craft of lacquer that would become a primary technique in her design work, and owned and directed the influential gallery and store known as “Jean Désert.” Gray struggled for acceptance as a largely self-taught woman in male-dominated professions. Although she is now best known for her furniture, lighting, and carpets, she dedicated herself to many architectural and interior projects that were both personal and socially driven, including the Villa E 1027, the iconic modern house designed with Jean Badovici, as well as economical and demountable projects, such as the Camping Tent.
Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center
Exhibition Schedule:
Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York
(February 28–July 12, 2020)
(February 28–July 12, 2020)
Cloé Pitiot is curator of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and contemporary design at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Nina Stritzler-Levine is director of the gallery and curatorial affairs at the Bard Graduate Center, New York.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York
(February 28–July 12, 2020)
(February 28–July 12, 2020)
“[This] book reveals Gray to be more than a privileged purveyor of rarefied homewares. She emerges as a creator of strange, haunting interiors, unrealised designs of housing for the homeless and the author of an animal-themed ballet.”—Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian G2
“For those looking to learn more about Gray’s body of work, from her screens to her use of steel tubing to her architectural models, Eileen Gray would be a welcome addition to any bookshelf.”—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest
“A tour-de-force of exhaustive research and insightful interpretation.”—Martin Filler, New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780300251067
Publication Date: June 23, 2020
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center
Publication Date: June 23, 2020
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center
504 pages, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2
300 color + b/w illus.
300 color + b/w illus.
