Austin Val Verde: A Montecito Masterpiece

Santa Barbara, CA: Austin Val Verde Foundation, 2006. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations; 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, lightly rubbed on the back cover, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Ann Mitchell's portraits of the Val Verde estate as it was transformed into Austin Val Verde evoke the history and artistic achievements of this famous Southern Californian architectural monument and gardens. These are achievements that began with Bertram Goodhue's innovative design for the house and initial landscaping, continued with Wright Ludington and Lockwood de Forest's transformation of the estate into an Italian villa, and culminated as Dr. and Mrs. Warren R. Austin blended their own personalities into Val Verde. Mitchell's work at Austin Val Verde was a labor of love. She made more than twenty visits to the estate, capturing the grounds and interior spaces at different times of the year and hours of the day in ways that no photographer had ever done before. The results are the collection of more than 80 images contained in this book." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Folio. Collectible.