PIERRE CHAREAU, by Marc Vallay and Kenneth Frampton

Rizzoli, 1985, First edition, 347 pp., 9" X 12 1/4", Hardcover

Very good

The best and most thorough monograph on Chareau, containing hundreds of archival and new photographs.

Author Marc Vellay is the grandson of Chareau's original client for the Mason de Verre. His extensive analysis of Chareau's work and career is complemented by a discussion of the Maison de Verre by Kenneth Frampton, Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, in which an original comparison between Chareau's masterwork and the Large Glass of Marcel Duchamp is proposed. With its wealth of illustrations and thoroughly researched text, this monograph will stand as the definitive account of one of the most revered of modern masters.” - from the publisher