AUTHOR: FRANCOIS BAUDOT
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: MAY 2004
ISBN: 2843236010
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
HARDCOVER; 6 x 8 1/2
80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

“As Cartier is to watches, Assouline is to books”
Timeout New York

ASSOULINE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NIGEL
USA- Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind such fashion inspired titles as Marilyn, Geishas, Linda Fargo’s Dreams Through The Glass will release An Irish woman who fell in love with Paris, Eileen Gray (1878-1976) spent most of a long and modest life searching for an aesthetic that was simultaneously modern, functional, and deliciously sophisticated. Her art and design, celebrated in the 1920s for its unexpected use of Japanese lacquer technique, became progressively more radical and pure, tending toward utilitarian forms. Although Gray was admired by Le Corbusier and his peers, she was largely unknown until the beginning of the 1980s, when her work, reissued and rediscovered, found itself in perfect harmony with contemporary sensibilities. For Serial Rights information, please contact Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Lehua Chong at chong@workhousepr.com. For press kit, high-resolution images and book excerpts please visit www.workhousepr.com/assouline/eileengray.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
A writer, critic, and contributor to Elle magazine, Francois Baudot is the author of many works about the decorative arts. In the collection “Memoires of Fashion” (Assouline), he is the author of Chanel, Alaia, Christian Lacroix, Schiaparelli, Poiret, Yohji Yamamoto, Gruau , and Thiery Mugler .

IMAGES
Press images will be made available shortly. All inquiries please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com.

NOTE: No more than two images plus cover may be used, at no larger than 1/4 of a page and cover at any size. Photo credit must appear next to images.

REVIEW COPY
If you are interested in obtaining a review copy of an Assouline Spring 2004 release, please fax your request on letter head to Ryan Urcia at Workhouse Publicity, 212. 334. 1919.

SERIAL RIGHTS
For Serial Rights information, please contact Adam Nelson at
nelson@workhousepr.com.

For more information please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com or visit
http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/eileengray