Author: Haas, Richard
Title: Richard Haas: An Architecture of Illusion
Description: New York: Rizzoli, (1981). (1981). New York: Rizzoli, (1981). (1981). Very good. - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], cream cloth in a dust wrapper. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly darkened & the corners of its panels are creased & lightly chipped. 160 pages. Black-and- white portrait frontispiece and profuse illustrations in color and black & white. The top page edges are slightly darkened. Very good.

First American edition.

With an introduction by Paul Goldberger.

"Richard Haas has almost single-handedly revived the classical art of Trompe l'oeil mural painting..His career has been devoted to creating facsimiles of architecture, from his early dioramas, to interior and exterior murals, to free-standing painted buildings.." [From the dust wrapper copy]. Very good .

Keywords: ART; URBAN MURALS; TROMPE L'OEIL MURAL PAINTING; ARCHITECTURAL MURALS; RICHARD HAAS: AN ARCHITECTURE OF ILLUSION; PAUL GOLDBERGER; ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION.

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