The 20th Century Poster: Design of the Avant-Garde / Dawn Ades, editor ; Mildred Friedman, editor ; Lissitzky E ; Schwitters K ; VanDoesburg T ; Huszar V ; Zwart P ; Malevich K ; Zdanevich I ; Law A ; Brown R ; Mayer HJ ; Depero F ; Duchamp M ; Ben., 1984
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Scope and Contents
El Lissitzky's poster "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge" pictured on page 11 is same design as the poster held in the Sackner Archive. The poster reproduced but not displayed in the exhibition, is from the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The core of this exhibition of posters originates from the collection of Merrill C. Berman who also provides an interview with Alma Law on collecting such works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1984
Creator
- Ades, Dawn (Person)
- Friedman, Mildred S. (Person)
- Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941 (Person)
- Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948 (Person)
- Doesburg, Theo van, 1883-1931 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (216 pages)) : illustrations (mostly color) ; 24.9 x 25.1 x 2.2 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mildred Freidman, 1987.
General
Published: New York; Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abbeville Press; Walker Art Center. Nationality of creator: British. General: Updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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