EILEEN GRAY - VILLA E1027, MAISON EN BORD DE MER
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Eileen Gray Movie, THE PRICE OF DESIRE, Art Department Project to complete permanent restoration work on Gray's iconic Villa E1027
Backers: 128
Average Pledge Per Backer: $322
Funded: $41,220 of $250,000
Dates: Apr 9th -> May 7th (29 days)
Project By: EG FILM PRODUCTIONS
Backers: 128
Average Pledge Per Backer: $322
Funded: $41,220 of $250,000
Dates: Apr 9th -> May 7th (29 days)
Project By: EG FILM PRODUCTIONS
$41,220
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 7 @ 17:02 -0400 GMT
16%
of goal
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Close-up on E1027: the adjustable table 
April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
In the 1929 dialogue written in collaboration with Jean Badovici, “De l’éclectisme au doute,” Eileen Gray clearly states her view on the relation between form and function in design: “Ce qu’il faut c’est donner à l’objet la forme qui... (Read More)
Behind the scenes of THE PRICE OF DESIRE
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday, the crew of The Price of Desire were on location at Eileen Gray's seaside Villa E1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Over the course of the day, a detailed assessment of the timing for the list of work to be carried out was undertaken. Among... (Read More)
Eileen Gray, the early years: Auguste Rodin
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Like a number of her closest friends during her first few years in Paris, Gray meets and develops an acquaintance with the legendary French sculptor, Auguste Rodin. Almost every member of her group becomes linked to the great sculptor in one way or... (Read More)
The Eileen Gray Market: the Collections of Eileen Gray and the Maharajah of Indore (1980)
April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
On May 25th 1980, Sotheby Parke Bernet holds a double-billed sale at the Sporting d’Hiver in Monte Carlo consisting of the sale entitled Mobilier moderniste provenant du Palais du Maharaja d’Indore, in its first half, and of the sale entitled... (Read More)
The Eileen Gray Market: the sale of the Jacques Doucet Collection (1972)
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Today, the public will never forget the astronomical 22 million euro hammer price reached for Eileen Gray’s Dragon Chair at the Christie’s auction of the Yves Saint Laurent/Pierre Bergé Collection in February of 2009. But what were the... (Read More)
Eileen Gray: the early years
April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
In her memoirs, Kathleen Bruce writes that "[i]n the first years of the Twentieth Century, to say that a lass perhaps not out of her teens had gone prancing off to Paris to study art was to say that she had gone irretrievably to hell." While this... (Read More)
Close-up on E1027
April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
While much emphasis is put upon Gray’s furniture and architectural designs, one must not forget the importance of carpet design throughout her career. In 1908-9, she and friend Evelyn Wyld travel to the Atlas Mountains where they observe the... (Read More)
Eileen Gray: the early years
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Reviewer Clive Holland writes in 1904 that Paris is “la Mècque des étudiants en beaux-arts”[1]– the Mecca of Fine Arts students. Paris is especially popular among British expatriates. In his Confessions, poet, philosopher and occultist... (Read More)
Close-up on E1027
April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Eileen Gray first designs the Transat chair in 1924 and it is manufactured from the mid-1920s onwards. The chair, which unites a flexible suspended seat with a swivelling headrest within a rectangular-shaped wooden frame, is one of the few pieces... (Read More)
Eileen Gray: the early years
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the most popular English novels of the fin-de-siècle, Trilby by George Du Maurier, recounts the tale of a trio of British expatriate artists living a bohemian lifestyle on the Left Bank of Paris. The novel becomes enormously popular among an... (Read More)
Close-up on E1027
April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's close-up features the E1027 Dining Table (1926-29), pictured below in both a recent photograph and in a period photograph showing the piece in situ in the villa. Designed by Gray specifically for the Villa E1027, this dining table... (Read More)
RIAI features Eileen Gray E1027 Restoration Campaign on Kickstarter
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland has just featured a story on our Eileen Gray E1027 Restoration Kickstarter Campaign in their latest online newsletter! Click on the link below to read the story:... (Read More)
Close-up on E1027
April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
In the 1929 special edition of L'Architecture Vivante devoted to the Villa E1027, Gray explains that the goal was to "construct for human needs" so that people might "rediscover the joys of feeling perfectly themselves within the architectural... (Read More)
Accademia Fine Art & Fine Art Press spreading the word...
April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
EG Film Productions Team thanks Accademia Fine Art & Fine Art Press .. Eileen Gray http://www.thefineartpost.co.uk/eileen-gray/ Eileen Gray - E1027 Restoration Fund. - Whether you’re mad about modern architecture or an avid film fan or both,... (Read More)
A big THANK YOU to those who backed us! Only 26 days to go: We Need Your Pledges!
April 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Eileen Gray once said that "the future projects light, the past only clouds." It was with this relentlessly forward-thinking attitude that Gray created all of her work, including the Villa E1027. By launching this Kickstarter project, we are... (Read More)
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