American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age
When the Museum of Modern Art in New York speaks, everyone and anyone concerned with design listens. In the style-setting forefront for decades, this showcase, in concert with the American Federation for the Arts, thoughtfully has assembled a traveling collection of 125 "American Modern" objects that truly signify what this 15-year period (1925-40) means. It is, for one, the hard-edge Cubist shapes of Ferdinand Leger. Yet it is also Russel Wright's famed American Modern dinnerware, a ubiquitous sight at major flea markets and antique shows. An excellent essay by MOMA consultant Johnson kicks off this tribute, explaining its origins and practitioners, while the colorful photographs following illustrate far better than words alone the majesty of American Modern. A checklist of the exhibition, biographies, glossary, notes, and bibliography appended.Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved