Picker House is a remarkable late 1960s modernist home specifically designed to accommodate a significant international collection of modern & contemporary painting & sculpture. Situated on the outskirts of London in Kingston upon Thames it is a rare surviving example of a spacious & progressive late modern house & garden that remains unaltered. Designed by the British modernist architect Kenneth Wood in 1965 for the businessman Stanley H. Picker (1913-1982) it still retains its period interior decor contemporary furnishings acquired through the then recently established Terence Conran Group & the distinctive art collection of its owner
- including works by Chagall Frink Hepworth Lowry Rodin & many more
- which was an integral part of its conception. Based on previously unpublished material & photographs this heavily illustrated publication brings together leading researchers in their respective fields who examine in depth every aspect of this unique place.