STEVEN HOLL | Written in Water

A selection of 365 watercolors from 1992-2001, reproduced to scale on fine thick, textured paper to simulate Holl's notebook. Cover has minimal shelf wear. Spine is slightly slanted. Near fine condition. From Steven Holl's preface : "By 1978 black-and-white watercolors in spiral bound notebooks began to take the place of the larger elaborate drawings. The 5×7 format could be opened on a flip-down train or airplane tray. By 1979 I was making these drawings every morning. As a method of catching intuition and first thoughts it is a technique which sets the imagination free. In the meditations associated with the initial conception of a building, its first stirring towards form, space, and light, the watercolors played a crucial role: they gave intuition a primary position. A very rapid concept sketch could simultaneously indicate space and - with the swipe of a brush - the direction of light. William Stout, the book publisher, suggested that I collect a select number of these as a