1992 FRANKLIN D. ISRAEL Architect Signed Star Trek Set Designer LGBTQ Rare
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[AUTHOR INSCRIBED: ARCHITECTURE; GAY INTEREST] FRANKLIN D. ISRAEL, Introduction by Frank O. Gehry, essays by Thomas S. Hines and Franklin D. Israel, inscribed and dated Dec. 1992 by Israel on in the title page, “To the Arnsteins – you blessed me with my savior — SARAH — and I salute you! Franklin D. Israel, Dec.1992”; Rizzoli, 1992, softcover, 8-1/2” x 11”, 224 pp., color photographs/black+white photographs, architectural drawings and plans, index, bibliography... /// ARCHITECT NOTE: Franklin David Israel (born December 2, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York — d. June 10, 1996, in Los Angeles, California) was an American architect best known for his designs for private residences and offices for film production companies in Los Angeles. He was a member of the L.A. Ten, ‘a loosely affiliated cadre of architects’ working in Los Angeles during the 1980s and 1990s.” [wikipedia]; “Franklin D. Israel, an architect whose designs for private houses and offices for film production companies epitomized the creative ferment of contemporary Hollywood…’The cause was complications from AIDS, ’ said Mr. Israel's companion, Thomas Haase…Widely regarded as one of the most extravagantly gifted architects of his generation…An avid moviegoer, he spent his first several years in Los Angeles working in the entertainment industry as a set designer for several films, including ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ [from N. Y. Times obituary]; FAMILY NAMED IN THE INSCRIPTION: Doctor Arnstein and his wife Mary were prominent individuals in New Haven and associated with Yale University; daughter Sarah was married in Los Angeles in 1989 to a TV writer; that Sarah Arnstein was an acupuncturist and Israel calls her his “savior” in the inscription raises the possibility that Israel went to her seeking treatment for AIDS before dying from it in 1996 /// ITEM NOTE: rare signature by this notable West coast architect /// CONDITION: fine, practically like new.
