1999, Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, HBw/dj, EX, GEHRY SIGNED TWICE!

Description: First Edition, published in 1999 by Guggenheim Museum Publications, Printed in Germany. In LIKE NEW CONDITION. Dust jacket with no wear, fully intact, boards pristine, glossy pages not read, 211 clean and solidly bound profusely illustrated pages. There is a very slight amount of age-toning around the page edges. THE HALF TITLE PAGE IS SIGNED TWICE BY FRANK O. GEHRY. Top inscription reads, "For James V. Kimsey Best Wishes," with the first signature to the right and slightly below "... Best Wishes,". The bottom signature is larger, and is dated 2000, but there is no inscription accompanying that one. The recipient of the book was JAMES V. KIMSEY, CO-FOUNDER OF AOL: "James Verlin Kimsey (September 15, 1939 – March 1, 2016) was the co-founder of AOL. He was the first chairman of the company and served as CEO until 1995. Although Kimsey is best known for having helped to create AOL, he also spearheaded many other business, military and philanthropic endeavors." (Wikipedia). This book was purchased from the Kimsey estate. On this book: "No building was more anticipated than Frank Gehry's stunning new museum in Bilbao, an industrial city in the Basque Country of northern Spain. Philip Johnson, the dean of American architects, declared it "the greatest building of our time," while Sverre Fehn, winner of the 1997 Pritzker Architecture Prize, called the building "fantastic." Gehry's use of nontraditional materials and his sensitivity to the environments of his buildings is legendary; his method of envisioning a building through semiautomatic drawings and handmade models is little known, but provides an immediate entry into his creative process. This book celebrates the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and details its design process, bringing to life one of Gehry's greatest achievements. Coosje van Bruggen, who has collaborated with Gehry on various architectural and art projects, documents the history of the Guggenheim Bilbao from conception through design and construction. With unique access to the architect and his studio, she uncovers scores of fascinating drawings and working photographs, published here for the first time." On Frank O Gehry: "Frank Owen Gehry, CC, FAIA (/ˈɡɛəri/; né Goldberg; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age".[2] He is also the designer of the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial." Kimsey BB9

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