Rheims, Maurice and Felipe Ferre — Hector Guimard

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. Olive cloth boards, orange titling, glossy color pictorial dj, 224 pp. 165 illustrations, including 89 color plates. From the dj: Hector Guimard was the premier Art Nouveau architect of France .. His star shone brightly at the turn of the century, only to be eclipsed in the twenties by the lights of Art Deco and modernism .. Ferre photographed with loving care all of Guimard's significant buildings--29 of them--as well as examples of Guimard's work in the decorative arts. Good-/VG (spine shaken; textblock & pgs firm/intact. faint sunning to board edges. heavy foxing to textblock edges. dustjacket has scuffs, scratches; creasing to corners; euro price-stickers to interior, front flap) .