Adolf Loos—A Private Portrait

By Claire Beck Loos Edited by Carrie Paterson Translated by Constance C. Pontasch and Nicholas Saunders 2011. Hardcover. 200 pages with 35 illustrations. $24.95 (hc) | 9780983254003 (For the 2020 paperback edition, see The Private Adolf Loos) Cover: Adolf Loos, reading in his dining room inglenook, Vienna, circa 1929. Photo: Claire Beck Loos. Lively and often humorous vignettes by the last wife of the early Modern architect Adolf Loos are featured in an intimate 140 page biography by Claire Beck Loos. “Snapshots” of the last years of Loos’ life (1929-1933) reveal the personality and philosophy that helped shape Modern architecture in Vienna and the Czech lands. An introduction and afterword frame the first English translation of the work, which was originally published in German in 1936. A contribution by Janet Beck Wilson, supplemental texts and photographs also included. PRESS & PRAISE The theatrical nature of Claire Beck Loos’ narrative, her ultimately tragic journey and her art