
Wright auction 19 November 2015
'Corde et Verres [Rope and Glasses]', 1954.
Paris celebrates an icon of modernism with a trio of exhibitions.
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Orginally destroyed at the end of WWII, the Masters' Houses (including 'Gropius' house, featured here) have now been abstractly reconceived by Berlin-based practice Bruno Fioretti Marquez
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The daringly modern apartment block, founded by Jack and Molly Pritchard and designed by Wells Coates, was the epicentre of North London's avant-garde circle during the 1930s and 1940s, and counted Walter Gropius, Paul Nash and Agatha Christie among its residents, as well as spies and intelligence agents.
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