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Sam Maloof, Woodworker

English

By (author): Sam Maloof

What if Picasso had been a chair maker and Stravinsky a designer of tables? What would have been the impact of such intense creative talent on twentieth-century furniture? Today there is a man with this quality of profound artistic vision and talent who has devoted his life to making furniture. His name is Sam Maloof, and this book is his life and work told in his own words. Sam Maloof started making furniture immediately after World War II, when there was very little demand for hand-made objects. His perseverance through 'years of difficulty is a See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 1257g
  • Dimensions: 225 x 298mm
  • Publication Date: 22 Feb 2013
  • Publisher: Kodansha America Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781568365091

About Sam Maloof

SAM MALOOF was born in Chino California of Lebanese parents. He embarked on his career in furniture in 1948 and in 1959 and 1963 was sent to Iran Lebanon and El Salvador as a woodworking design consultant. He has exhibited actively and widely throughout the United States and also in the Vatican. His pieces are in numerous American museum collections and in the VicePresident's house and the White House. He has received many awards given workshops and has been a consultant and exhibition juror. He has been featured in articles and books and is the subject of the films Sam Maloof: Woodworker by Maynard Orme and Sam MaloofThe Rocking Chair by Bob Smith. He is now a National Trustee and Chairman of the Academy of Fellows of the American Craft Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the World Craft Congress.JONATHAN FAIRBANKS is a former associate curator of the Winterthur Museum and a cofounder of the American Prints Conference. He has been Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston since 1971.

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