ART IN PROGRESS
[Museum of Modern Art]
[Museum of Modern Art] : ART IN PROGRESS [A Survey Prepared For The Fifteenth Anniversary Of The Museum Of Modern Art]. New York: Museum of Modern Art, May 1944. First edition. Quarto. Thick printed wrappers. 256 pp. 255 black and white and 4 color plates. Wrappers mildly toned and edgeworn, but a very good copy.
7.5 x 10 softcover book with 256 pages and 255 black and white and 4 color plates of artwork from the permanent MoMA collection, circa 1944. All aspects of modern culture are represented: architecture, furniture, fabrics, ceramics, textiles, books, posters, exhibits, sculpture, graphic design, etc. An excellent reference volume.
- Painting
- Prints
- Sculpture
- Photography
- Dance And Theatre
- Film Library
- Architecture
- Industrial Design
- Posters
- Circulating Exhibitions
- Educational Services
Artists whose work is featured in this volume include Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Herbert Bayer, Pietro Belluschi, Harry Bertoia, Marcel Breuer, A. M. Cassandre, Salvador Dali, Ray Eames (an early picture of a molded plywood sculpture!), John Funk, Naum Gabo, Walter Gropius, E. McKnight Kauffer, Carl Koch, Fernand Leger, Herbert Matter, Piet Mondrian, Richard Neutra, Diego Rivera, Eero and Eliel Saarinen, Raphael Soriano, Paul Strand, Jan Tschichold, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Paul Klee, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Yves Tanguy, Pablo Picasso and many others.