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VIENNA TO LOS ANGELES: TWO JOURNEYS - LETTERS BETWEEN R.M. SCHINDLER AND RICHARD NEUTRA + LETTERS OF LOUIS SULLIVAN TO R.M. SCHINDLER
(SCHINDLER, R.M.) (NEUTRA, RICHARD). McCoy, Esther, R.M. Schindler, Richard Neutra & Louis Sullivan. Foreword by Harwood Hamilton Harris. Santa Monica, CA: Arts + Architecture Press, 1978. First Edition. Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Architecture Monograph. Very Good - .. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Joe Molloy. With a bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1978 by the then newly-revived Arts + Architecture Press, "Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys" is noted late California architectural historian Esther McCoy's detailed study of the confluence between R.M Schindler and Richard Neutra. It explores the great modernist architects' Viennese roots, and publishes for the first time scores of photographs, drawings, and typographically transcribed correspondence between Schindler and Neutra, as well as Schindler and the renowned Louis Sullivan. An internally handsome example of the paperbound first edition of this exceedingly uncommon item showing a bit of age-toning and sunning to the length of the spine along with some mild dampstaining at the heel. It has been priced accordingly. 0-931228-02-6 Inventory Number: 022814