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Book Review
Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930–1960
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 196–197
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Dianat, Alborz (Dianat, Alborz)
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Objects in Exile: Modern Art and Design across Borders, 1930–1960 By Robin Schuldenfrei. 352 pp. incl. 76 col. + 82 b. & w. ills. (Princeton University Press, 2024), £55. ISBN 978–0–691–23266–9. | :
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6. Isokon long chair, by Marcel Breuer. 1936. Bent plywood and laminated birch veneers, 77.5 by 130 by 61.5 cm. (Harvard Art Museums).
Exhibition Review
Bauhaus and National Socialism
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 968-71
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Voigt, Wolfgang (Voigt, Wolfgang)
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Bauhaus and National Socialism Klassik Stiftung Weimar 9th May–15th September | :
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26. Cover for Die Neue Linie, designed by Kurt Kranz. 1937. Print, 36.5 by 27 cm. (Private collection; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
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27. Advertisement for the Association of German- Aryan Clothing Manufacturers (ADEFA), designed by Herbert Bayer. 1936/37. Colour lithograph, 59.9 by 41.9 cm. (Lentos Munstmuseum, Linz; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
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28. Copy of the entrance gate to the Buchenwald concentration camp, designed by Franz Ehrlich. 2009 (original 1938). Steel, 186 by 99 by 24 cm. (Gedenkstätte Buchenwald, Weimar; exh. Klassik Stiftung Weimar).
Book Review
Gestalterinnen: Frauen, Design und Gesellschaft im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 333–334
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Long, Christopher (Long, Christopher)
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Gestalterinnen: Frauen, Design und Gesellschaft im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit Edited by Elana Shapira and Anne-Katrin Rossberg. 248 pp. incl. 46 col. + 51 b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, 2023), £56.80. ISBN 978–3–11–077188–6. | :
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8. Vase, by Vally Wieselthier. c.1920. Ceramic, 52 by 26.5 cm. (Wien Museum, Vienna).
Book Review
Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1300–1301
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Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator By James King. 216 pp. incl. 120 col. + 40 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–445–2. | :
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6. Cover design for Curwen Press News-Letter 11, by Paul Nash. 1935. Colour lithograph. (Private collection; photograph Robert McNair, Sunoptic Photo).
Exhibition Review
The Art of Winold Reiss: An Immigrant Modernist
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 1026-1028
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Standring, Timothy J. (Standring, Timothy J.; Standring, T. J.)
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22. Alain Locke, by Winold Reiss. 1924 or 1925. Pastel on Whatman board, 75.9 by 54.9 cm. (Private collection; exh. New-York Historical Society). | :
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23. City of the future, Longchamps restaurant (1450 Broadway, at West 41st Street), by Winold Reiss. 1936. Oil and gold paint on canvas, two panels, overall 143.5 by 462.2 cm. (Kiki Kogelnik Foundation, New York). | :
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24. Cover of M.A.C. (Modern Art Collector) 1, no.1 (September 1915), by Winold Reiss. Offset lithograph, 31.1 by 24.1 cm. (Private collection; exh. New-York Historical Society). | :
Book Review
Les Années 1910: Arts décoratifs, mode, design
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 828
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Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)
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Les Années 1910: Arts décoratifs, mode, design Edited by Jérémie Cerman. 442 pp. incl. 82 col. + 58 b. & w. ills. (Peter Lang, Brussels, 2021), £41. ISBN 978–2–8076–0896–2. | :
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A design for the mystery of Freemasonry
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 611-613
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Medlam, Sarah (Medlam, Sarah)
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12. Master’s chair for the Royal Lodge of Freemasons, London, and mace for the Euphrates Lodge of the Noble Order of Bucks, by Simon Hennekin. 1767. Pen-and-ink and coloured wash on paper, 30 by 21.5 cm. (© and courtesy Library and Museum of Freemasonry, London).
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13. Trade card of Simon Hennekin. Probably 1770s. Engraving, 11.1 by 15.5 cm. (From the album ‘Upwards of Four Hundred Different Coats of Arms Collected by Simon Hennekin Carver Edward Street Soho London 1766’, Winterthur Library, Wilmington DE).
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El Lissitzky as a furniture designer, 1925–30
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 144-151
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Tucker, Bennett (Tucker, Bennett)
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1. Proun 4 B, by El Lissitzky. 1919–20. Oil on canvas, 70 by 55.5 cm. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; Scala).
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10. Interior of the Double House (Houses 14 and 15) for the Weißenhof exhibition, Stuttgart 1927, by Le Corbusier. (From W. Gräff, ed.: Innenräume: Räume und Inneneinrichtungsgegenstände aus der Werkbundausstellung ‘Die Wohnung’ insbesondere aus den Bauten der städtischen Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1928).
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11. Interior for F-Type Dwelling, by El Lissitzky. 1928. (Photograph © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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12. Chair, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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13. Seats for the International Fur Trade Exhibition, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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14. Model of an apartment in a commune for the Soviet Pavilion for the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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15. Installation of seating in accordance with El Lissitzky’s project for international exhibitions. 1930. (Photograph © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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2. Mart Stam, Gerrit Rietveld and El Lissitzky. (From S. Küppers- Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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3. The Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht, showing the upstairs seating area from the girls’ room. (From M. Küper and I. van Zijl: Gerrit Th. Rietveld: 1888–1964: het volledige werk, Utrecht 1992; Photograph © Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
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4. Red blue chair, by Gerrit Rietveld. c.1918. Painted wood, 86.7 by 66 by 83.8 cm. (The Museum of Modern Art, New York; © The Museum of Modern Art; Scala).
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5 and 6. Furniture for the Club of Building Workers, by M. Arutchian. 1929. Wood. (Catherine Cooke Archive, University Library, Cambridge).
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7. VKhUTEMAS furniture projects in wood, by A. Damskii. Late 1920s. (From Salim O. Khan-Magomedov: VHUTEMAS: Moscou, 1920–1930, Paris 1990).
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8. Die Wohnung, Werkbundausstellung Stuttgart (The Apartment, Werkbund Exhibition, Stuttgart), by Willi Baumeister. 1927. Poster, 115 by 82 cm. (Scala).
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9. Stroitelstvo Moskvy 10 (1929). Front cover. Published by The Moscow Council. (British Library, London).
Exhibition Review
Art Deco by the Sea
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 72-75
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Fair, Alistair (Fair, Alistair)
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Art Deco by the Sea Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 17th October 2020– 27th February 2021 | :
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21. Gathering shell fish, St Sevan, by J.W. Tucker. c.1932. Tempera on panel, 25 by 35.5 cm. (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne).
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22. EKCO AD76 circular radio, designed by Wells Coates. Bakelite, height approx. 41 cm. (Private collection; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; photograph John Clark).
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23. North Berwick, design for a poster for the London & North Eastern Railway, by Andrew Johnson. 1930. Bodycolour and pencil on board, 101.6 by 127 cm. (Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne).
Book Review
The Foreign Designer: Antoinette Krasnik and the Wiener Moderne
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1112-1114
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Long, Christopher (Long, Christopher)
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The Foreign Designer: Antoinette Krasnik and the Wiener Moderne By Jasna Galjer. 276 pp. incl. 136 col. + b. & w. ills. (MeandarMedia and Editions Paysage, Zagreb, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–953–334–258–0. | :
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5. Bat vase (Fledermausvase), by Antoinette Krasnik. 1902. Bronze, height 17.5 cm. (Moravská galerie, Brno; photograph © MG).
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