The Private Adolf Loos — Portrait of an Eccentric Genius
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The Private Adolf Loos — Portrait of an Eccentric Genius

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The Private Adolf Loos — Portrait of an Eccentric Genius By Claire Beck Loos Translated by Constance C. Pontasch and Nicholas Saunders 2020. Revised edition. Paperback and ebook.240 pages with 40 illustrations.$14.95 | 9780997003482 (pb)$12.99 | 9781733957939 (ebook – available on all internet retailers) Cover: The wedding of Claire Beck to Adolf Loos, Vienna, July 18, 1929. Lively and often humorous vignettes by the last wife of the early Modern architect Adolf Loos are featured in an intimate biography by Claire Beck Loos. “Snapshots” of the last years of Loos’ life (1929–1933) reveal the personality and philosophy that helped shape Modern architecture in Vienna and the Czech lands. An introduction and afterword frame the first English translation of the work, which was originally published in German in 1936. Supplemental texts and photographs also included. PRESS & PRAISE The theatrical nature of Claire Beck Loos’ narrative, her ultimately tragic journey and her artist’s way of

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