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Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect
Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect
Tankard Judith B. (Tankard Judith B.)
SKU: VV1649094 ISBN: 1580935931 Pages: 248 Hardcover year: 2022 Publicher: Phaidon Press Ltd. (Phaidon Press Ltd.) Price: $374.11 ship 24-25
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| The only monograph to chronicle the life and work of one of the most important figures in American landscape architecture. Beatrix Farrand, the only female founder of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is one of the most important landscape architects of the early twentieth century. Today the scope of her work and her influence on the profession are widely acknowledged, and her gardens are being studied, restored, and opened to the public. A long-awaited updated edition of the 2009 definitive monograph, Beatrix Farrand: Garden Artist, Landscape Architect chronicles the life and work of one of the most important figures in American landscape architecture. Born into a prominent New York family (she was Edith Wharton's niece), Farrand designed lavish gardens for the leaders of society, including the Harknesses, the Rockefellers, and the Blisses. Ultimately, her portfolio extended to college and university campuses, including Princeton, Yale, and the Uni |