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Van Day Truex
The Man Who Defined Twentieth-Century Taste and Style
by Adam Lewis
ISBN: 0670030244
ISBN-13: 9780670030248
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 2001
Size: 7.75 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.2 pounds
Pages: 262
Publisher's Notes
Accompanied by lavish photographs, an intimate portrait of the master of twentieth-century American design, the leader of Parsons School of Design, and the design director at Tiffany & Co. chronicles his life and pays tribute to one of the greatest designers in America.
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