Handcrafted Modern

Anintimateandrevealingcollectionofphotographsofastonishinglybeautiful,iconic,andundiscoveredmid-centuryinteriors.Amongsignificantmid-centuryinteriors,nonearemorecelebratedyetunderpublishedasthehomescreatedbyarchitectsandinteriordesignersforthemselves.Thiscollectionofnewlycommissionedphotographspresentsthemostcompellinghomesbyinfluentialmid-centurydesigners,suchasRusselWright,GeorgeNakashima,HarryBertoia,CharlesandRayEames,andEvaZeisel,amongothers.Intimateaswellasrevelatory,Williamson’sphotographsshowthesecreativehomesastheywerelivedinbytheirdesigners:WalterGropius’shistoricBauhaushomeinMassachusetts;AlbertFrey’sfloatingmodernistaerieonaPalmSpringsrockoutcropping;WhartonEsherick’scompletelyhandmadePennsylvaniahouse,fromtheorganichandcarvedstaircasetotheiconicfurniture.Personalandbreathtakingbyturn—thesehomesareexemplarystudiesofdomesticmodernismatitswarmestandmostcreative.