Author: Lilli Hollein, Bärbel Vischer, MAK – Museum für angewandte KunstThe design classics that are still handmade today by the fourth generation of the Auböck workshop in Vienna were ahead of their time from the very beginning and shaped Austrian design across generations. The book focuses on the style-defining era of the interwar and post-war period and also refers to the experimental 1980s. The works are viewed through the lens of surrealism. For the first time, works by the sculptor and textile artist Mara Uckunowa-Auböck (1895-1987) are also presented.The book contains newly produced photographs of the essential, original works shown in the exhibition, as well as a foreword by Lilli Hollein and texts by Kimberly Bradley, Nina Schedelmayer and Bärbel Vischer.ISBN 9783035629057. Birkhauser Verlag. pb. 200 pages. 160 colour ills. 24 x 17 cm.available
