New York

Exactly half a century old, this timeless illustrated classic artfully captures the 'Madmen' era New York City through a distinctive and charming mid-century aesthetic

Reviews

“New York: A Mod Portrait is more than a picture book—its is one of the most imaginative and beautiful travel guides ever written, and a charming companion for anyone journeying to the Big Apple. While the illustrations and punchy graphics may serve as a time capsule taking us back to midcentury NYC, certain elements have been updated to keep the book relevant—the book now lists the Freedom Tower…New York A Mod Portrait may be a very playful portrayal of the city, but the real achievement is how the book really touches the heart and soul of the city…this book will ignite the same exhilaration and enchantment felt upon arriving here for the very first time.” -ArtDaily

"In 1964, Vladimír Fuka captured the brilliance of New York in a book of drawings. All of the copies were thought to be destroyed—until now!" -Town & Country

"In 1968, an innocent guidebook fell victim to the Cold War. Its whimsical drawings and poetic lines devoted to New York City were destroyed by the Czechoslovakian secret police—all but one copy, that is. Nearly fifty years later, the grandson of its author found the original manuscript buried in an old wardrobe, and this week, it entered American circulation for the first time ever. What Mahler and his friend, an artist named Vladímir Fuka, had drafted some 44 years ago was a whimsical, poetic guide to NYC called, New York: A Mod Portrait of the City." ~Daily Beast

"The Prague Spring of 1968 left a curious legacy. New York: A Mod Portrait of the City was a book published in Czechoslovakia in that year and it is the most adorable book about NYC you've never seen... Happy ending: next week, it's back in print, slightly updated." -Manhattan Users Guide

"And so a pretty, 1960s era guidebook to New York is now the perfect coffee table book." -Gothamist

"Mahler and Fuka's books are particularly well-suited to travel types as they liked to illustrate the buildings, parks, public institutions, and people of world cities. New York: A Mod Portrait of the City is a "found" work." -About.com