Costa, Marcus de Lontra (Curator) — Niemeyer, Oscar

Brasilia, Ministerio das Relacoes Exteriores, 2008. Slipcased. Silver boards with thin white lines and grey textured circle. White lettering. Textured, speckled grey dj with bw photo and white lettering on black spine. 163 pp. + 19 with color and bw images throughout. Matching textured card slipcase with black lettering. Dual text, Portuguese/English. Scarce monograph/catalogue raisonne of the works of celebrated Brazilian Modernist architect, Oscar Niemeyer, who died in 2012 just a week shy of his 105th birthday. A beautiful, fascinating book divided into 5 sections/phases chronologically. With vivid color photos of Niemeyer's phenomenal works plus illustrations of drawings, mock-ups, and more. Photos of the architect at various stages of his life pepper the pages, along with his comments and those by other architects and designers about him. A perfect mix of text and visuals. Fine/NF/VG (slipcase is a bit mis-shapen along bottom edge) .