Publisher/東京国立近代美術館

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This book is a collection of works by Hungarian architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), entitled "Marcel Breuer's Furniture: Improvement for Good." Breuer was a master who was active before the war and was known for his modernist architecture and Bauhaus furniture design. He studied under Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus and later became a professor. In 1925, Breuer produced his early masterpiece, the Wassily Chair (designed for his Bauhaus colleague Wassily Kandinsky), faithful to the Bauhaus philosophy of "functionality and simple beauty." He also had a major influence on mid-century modern design, which skillfully used steel, plywood, and wood. After 1940, he moved to the United States and worked as an architect. His most famous work is the Whitney Museum of American Art. It is one of the most representative examples of brutalist architecture. This book is a catalog published at the time of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in 2017, and focuses on Breuer design, with a focus on furniture. 2nd edition.