Rowell, Margit
Dates
- Existence: 1937-11-02-
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934, The / Deborah Wye, curator ; Margit Rowell, curator ; Wye D ; Janecek G ; Altman N ; Annenkov Y ; Burliuk D ; Burliuk V ; Burliuk N ; Chashnik IG ; Chernikov I ; Ender B ; Exter A ; Filonov P ; Gan A ; Goncharova N ; Guro E ; Iliazd ; Kamensky V ; Khlebnikov V ; Kliun I ; Klucis G ; Kruchenykh A ; Kulik K ; Larionov M ; Lebedev V ; Leger F ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Marinetti FT ; Matiushin M ; Mayakovsky V ; Popova L ; Puni I ; Rodchenko A ; Rozanova O ; Stenberg G ; Stenberg V ; Stepanova V ; Suetin N ; Tarkhanov M ; Tatlin V ; Teige K ; Telingater S ; Tschichold J ; Vesnin A ; Zdanevich I ; Zdanevich K ; Shipley Miller HS ; Bakst L ; Burliuk D ; Chicherin A ; Ermilov V ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Siniakova M ; Sofranova A., 2002
This catalogue, the most extensively illustrated book dealing with Russian avant garde books, was published to coincide with the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Curated by Deborah Wye and Margit Rowell, the catalogue is organized into the following sections: Transform the World! 1916-33 and Building Socialism 1924-34. The first section includes Suprematism and the Non-objective Vision, Popular Revolutionalry Imagery, Books for Children, Constructivist Graphic Design and Photography and Photomontage. The second section includes Architecture and Industry, Photography in the Service of Propaganda, Non-official Publications. The collection af Russian Avant-Garde books was a gift from the Judith Rothschild Foundation and was conceived and organized by its trustee, Harvey Shipley Miller. An outstanding, detailed web-site of the books in the exhibition is available a www.moma.org/russian/. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.