| Description |
512 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Note |
Exhibition held at MAK, the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Feb. 11-May 17, 1998. |
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"Published in association with the Neue Galerie New York." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ronald S. Lauder -- Foreword / Peter Noever -- Introduction / Renée Price -- Who is Peche? A brief biography with appreciations from his contemporaries / Anne-Katrin Rossberg -- Architecture as decor: Dagobert Peche and the architects of the "Second Viennese Modernist School" / Rainald Franz -- Inspirations from the bizarre and the grotesque: Peche between Beardsley and Baroque / Hanna Egger -- Image of Austria refracted: Paris in the mirror of Peche and the decorative arts in France, 1912 / Nancy J. Troy -- Dagobert Peche's role in the Wiener Werkstätte / Gabriele Fabiankowitsch -- Dagobert Peche and "the Viennese women's crafts" / Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber -- Beyond utility: furniture and interior design / Christian Witt-Dörring -- From heart-shaped leaf to fruit-laden bough: jewelry and metal objects / Elisabeth Schmuttermeier -- Material, technique, form without ornament: cased glass, faceting, perforated ceramics / Waltraud Neuwirth, Nina Claudia Trauth -- Dagobert Peche's works in glass / Ernst Ploil -- Patterns and colors: Peche's designs for textiles and wallpapers / Angela Völker -- Geometry romanticized ; On the track of "Fräulein Thilde" / Nikolaus Schaffer -- Five letters to Daphne: reconstructing a passion (facsimiles of two letters by Peche to Mathilde Junger) / August Ruhs -- "Burning bush," 1922 / Dagobert Peche -- Furnishings -- Frames/mirrors -- Metalwork -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Leather/bookbinding -- Mixed media -- Jewelry -- Fashion -- Textiles -- Wallpaper -- Works on paper. |
| Subject |
Peche, Dagobert, 1887-1923 -- Exhibitions.
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Wiener Werkstätte -- Exhibitions.
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Decorative arts -- Austria -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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Drawing, Austrian -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Noever, Peter, 1941-
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Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst.
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Neue Galerie New York.
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| Added Title |
Überwindung der Utilität. English.
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| ISBN |
0300096283 (alk. paper) : $75.00 |
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