Hvitträsk. Koti Taideteoksena. The home as a work of art. / Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo 1987. Museum of Finnish Architecture 1987.

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Sewn as issued, pictorial wrappers in colour. Ownership label of architect Olaug Saetre Andersson. Very fine. Keuruu, Soumen rakennustaiteen museo / Museum of Finnish Art, 1987. 8vo. 128 pp. Richly illustrated. With indexes. Bilingual throughout in Finnish and English. "Hvitträsk, the dwelling and studio built by the architect trio Gesellius, Lindgren and Saarinen, counts among the pearls of Finnish architecture and yet has suffered oblivion and neglect over the years. It was only at the start of the current decade that the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design / the Museum of Applied Arts, supported by funding from Kane Oy, undertook to collate the output, and initiate a general survey, of Eliel Saarinen's Finnish period. This Hvitträsk Guide has arisen as an offshoot of the larger work in hand. Importance is attached to separate publication due to the historical worth of the building in the context of the architecture and the cultural life of the period. It is the only contemporary work exemplifying the ideal of an integral work of art that has survived intact. - - - This Hvitträsk publication is clearly more than a routine guidebook, as it offers a comprehensive cross-section of an architectural whole, from siting considerations down to decorative details. I hope that our book will serve to clarify the international principles of turn-of-the-century architecture and the admirable success of their adaptation to the Finnish context" (Preface). Seller Inventory # 302115

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