John Loring
Joseph Urban.
Abrams, 2010. First printing. 9780810990265 223 pages.
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 10" x 11.5", is bound in pictorial paper-covered boards. Book and dust jacket are like new, with head of spine lightly bumped. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 
"Joseph Urban is a lavish celebration of this prolific artist, architect, and designer, whose accomplishments include magnificent Art Deco buildings, spectacular Ziegfeld Follies productions, and dramatic sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Joseph Urban (1872–1933) began his career as an architect and artist in Vienna before moving to America in 1911. In 1914 he moved to New York, where he ultimately signed on as set designer of the Metropolitan Opera. He also became immersed in an astonishing array of outside projects, designing nightclubs, hotel lounges, skyscrapers, theaters, stage and film sets, and even children’s books. Though his creative output was immense, little remains of his work except the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, and the New School and the base of the Hearst Tower in New York."