{"product_id":"edition-patrick-frey-editions-patrick-frey-art-decor-no-250","title":"Bob Steffen – Art Décor (No 250)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBob Steffen stood out as the flamboyant star among the window \r\ndressers of stuffy postwar Bern. His exuberant backdrops for furs, \r\nfabrics and lingerie were the talk of the town, as was the globetrotting\r\n nonconformist gay bon vivant himself. Of humble origins, Steffen slept \r\nhis way up, as an upscale hustler \/ nude model, into the jet set of the \r\ngay beau monde, blossoming out into a successful decorator who was to \r\nremain a central figure of Bern’s bohemian scene up until a ripe old \r\nage. Flamboyant and brazenly promiscuous, he lived by his own rules and \r\ndidn’t care a fig about the norms of bourgeois society or, as a window \r\ndresser, about the standards of “good taste”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt Décor delves \r\ninto the rich legacy of pictures Bob Steffen left behind, exploring the \r\nkaleidoscopic facets of his life. It brings back to life the forgotten \r\nart of window-dressing as well as artists’ masquerade balls, a forgotten\r\n world of the 1950s and ’60s, and follows Bob on his world travels. The \r\nportraits of the born poser become a springboard for musings on the \r\nnature of posing. His affair with an Afro-American ballet dancer leads \r\nus to the remarkable history of Afro-American dance companies in Europe \r\nbefore and after World War II. His life is retraced in interviews and \r\ncollaged snippets of conversations. Art Décor is a potpourri as lavish \r\nas Bob Steffen’s store windows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost beautiful Swiss books, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__details-column product__details-column--full product__details-column--1\"\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__ product__--full\"\u003eEdition Patrick Frey \u003cbr\u003eN° \r\n250\r\n\r\n                \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n                        \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__ product__--full\"\u003e\r\n                          1. edition \r\n\u003ctime datetime=\"2017-11-26T12:00:00Z\"\u003e2017\u003c\/time\u003e\r\n\r\n              \r\n                \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__isbn product__isbn--full\"\u003e\r\n              ISBN:                    \r\n978-3-906803-50-0\r\n\r\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__language product__language--full\"\u003e\r\n              Language:                    \r\nGerman\r\n\r\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product__details-column product__details-column--full product__details-column--2\"\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__pages product__pages--full\"\u003e\r\n                          Softcover, 250 pages, 300 color images                \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__ product__--full\"\u003e\r\n                    \r\n36 × 26 cm\r\n\r\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n        \u003cdiv class=\"product__people product__people--full\"\u003e\r\n\r\n                                  \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__designer product__designer--full\"\u003e\r\n              Designer:                    \r\nKrispin Heé\r\n\r\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__editor product__editor--full\"\u003e\r\n              Editor:                    \r\nVeronika Minder\r\n\r\n          \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n              \u003cdiv class=\"book-details-item\"\u003e\r\n    \u003cdiv class=\"product__categories product__categories--full\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\r\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edition Patrick Frey","offers":[{"title":"Stück","offer_id":57327815688569,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0981\/4510\/8345\/files\/editions-patrick-frey-art-d-cor-no-250-books-import-423-562-2.png?v=1779705450","url":"https:\/\/saalhof1123.com\/products\/edition-patrick-frey-editions-patrick-frey-art-decor-no-250","provider":"SAALHOF 1123","version":"1.0","type":"link"}