PIASA: Architecture - Art - Design : part I Libraries from a important private collection - bidstart 3/15, 113281, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 22, 2021 - March 22, 2021
Page Size: 248 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Spazio reale Spazio virtuale, XVI Triennale di Milano, 1979, Marsilio Editori, 1981

1979, 1981 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
52

Ecouter par les Yeux, Objets et environnements sonores, rare catalogue of the exhibition organized by the ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1980 (very good condition)

1980 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
53

Arts of the House (The) Under the direction of Christian Zervos

1923 / 1926 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
54

HOUSEHOLD ART L'Art Ménager Français, Paul Breton, edition Flammarion, Paris, 1952

1952 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
55

HOUSEHOLD ART Les Bons génies de la vie domestique, catalogue published for the exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2000

2000 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
56

L'ART VIVANT Set of magazines from 1929 to 1935

1929 to 1935 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
57

AZIMUTS International Biennial Design Festival, Saint-Etienne

2000-2010 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
58 BAN Shigeru

BAN Shigeru Paper in architecture Rizzoli edition, NY, 2009

2009 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
59 BARRY Robert

BARRY Robert It is... it isn't...

1972 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
60 BAUEN + WOHNEN

BAUEN + WOHNEN Publisher, Adolf Pfau

1956-1964 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
61 BAUEN + WOHNEN

BAUEN + WOHNEN Publisher, Adolf PfauZurich

1965- 1993 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
62 BAUMEISTER

BAUMEISTER & RYTHM

1964-1970 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Unknown
63 BEL GEDDES Norman

BEL GEDDES Norman Horizons in industrial design

1977 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Unknown
64 BELLINI Mario

BELLINI Mario Designer & Kar a sutra

1987 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
65 BELLMAN Hans

BELLMAN Hans Protagonist Der Schweizer Wohnkultur

2015 EUR 70.00 - 90.00 Unknown
66 BERTHIER Marc

BERTHIER Marc Project of a structure to live in

1980 1990 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
67

CONCRETE Pratique du Voile de Béton en autoconstruction, Joël UNAL, Collection AnArchitecture, éditions Alternatives, Paris, 1981

1981 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
68

CONCRETE Bouwen met beton, Building with concrete, 1988, 1990/91, 1992/93, 1998, 2000/01, 2002/03, Atelier Kinold, Munich, with among others: Calatrava, Le Corbusier, Gregotti, Meier, Gehry, Gropius, Moser, Stirling, Kahn, Zumthor, Siza

1988-2002/03 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
69

35th Venice Biennale & miscellaneous Ricerca e progettazione Catalogue of the 35th Venice International Art Biennial Ente Autonomo edition, 1970

1970 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
70

ART DECO Set of 3 jewelry projects:

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
71 WILLCOX Donald J.

WILLCOX Donald J. Evolution of Jewellery

1975 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
72 BILL Max

BILL Max Max Bill's View of Things

1949 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Unknown
74 BLAKE Peter & divers

BLAKE Peter & others LE CORBUSIER, Architecture and Form

1968 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
75 BOERI Cini

BOERI Cini Quaderno di lavoro

2004 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
76

WOOD Chalets, The Swiss chalet, Pierre Jacquet, Orell Füssli edition, Zurich, 1963

1963 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
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