Scope and Contents This exhibition catalogue of selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection is organized into four sections: Design and the Avant-Garde; Design and Commerce; Design and Social Change; Design and Politics. In addition to Yale, the catalogue was published by Willliams College of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Berman's collection is the premier graphic design collection of the 20th century works in the United States. In her introductory essay, "Writing a History," Maud Lavin points out that Berman collected with aggression and dedication for twenty years starting in 1975, shaping the history of graphic design during the period when the scholarly field of design history was emerging. Berman viewed graphic design works as objects of art, politics and cultural history. His collection "covers innovative design used in the politics of everyday life, in persuading consumers, in propagating for political causes, in redesigning ever-industrializing cultures, in papering...

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Entry 418: Claire Satin - Annotation mentions that her works are held by the Sackner collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition travelled to the Jewish Museum in New York. The major part of the exhibition dealt with El Lissitzky's hebrew artworks. The editor was Ruth Apter-Gabriel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.