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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
The Frick Reframed
06/2021 | 1419 | 163
Pages: 536-539
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Pergam, Elizabeth (Pergam, Elizabeth)
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The Frick Reframed Frick Madison, New York from 18th March | :
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1. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing Spanish paintings acquired by Henry Clay Frick. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
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2. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing portraits by Frans Hals flanking Self-portrait, by Rembrandt. 1658. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
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3. Installation view of Frick Madison, showing the porcelain gallery. (Frick Collection, New York; photograph Joe Coscia).
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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).
Publication Received
Designing UNESCO. Art, Architecture and International Politics at Mid-Century
09/2010 | 1290 | 152
Pages: 623
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Stonard, John-Paul (Stonard, John-Paul)
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Designing UNESCO. Art, Architecture and International Politics at Mid-Century | author: Pearson, Christopher E.M.
Book Review
View from a Long Chair: The Memoirs of Jack Pritchard
11/1984 | 980 | 126
Pages: 711-712
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Rutherford, Jessica (Rutherford, Jessica)
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View from a Long Chair: The Memoirs of Jack Pritchard | author: Pritchard, Jack