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Captured Glance: The Avante-Garde and Advertising in the Twenties / Monica J Strauss, curator ; Schwitters K ; Chashnik IG ; Hoch H ; Bayer H ; Lissitzky E ; Michel R ; Zwart P ; Berman M ; Berlewi H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-16751-17106
Scope and Contents

The essay by Monica J. Strauss traces the successful collaboration between fine and commercial artists in Germany between the wars and questions the "rigid distinctions between art and design" in contemporary times. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

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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Identifier: CC-26041-26503
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: 1984