Milestones of Modernism 1880-1940: Selections from the Norwest CollectionJuly 9 - September 12, 1999 Admission:
Adults $5, students and seniors $3.75
More than 200 objects are included in the exhibitionfurniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass and works on paper. Created between 1880 and 1940, they represent a survey of the major movements of the period: Arts and Crafts (1875-1915), Art Nouveau (1880-1910), Wiener Werkstätte (1903-1933), De Stijl (1917-1928), Bauhaus (1919-1933) and Art Deco (1920-1940). Exhibition highlights include Josef Hoffmans reclining armchair (about 1905); an Egyptian onion flower-form vase made of favrile blown glass (about 1900) by Louis Comfort Tiffany; Mies van der Rohes MR 20 armchair (about 1931), an icon of 20th-century design; and Ilonka Karaszs Desk (about 1928), a unique work designed for the artists studio. The works on paper will highlight the simplicity, immediacy and experimentation that characterized the period. Among the posters being exhibited are Josef Sattlers 1895 poster, Pan; William H. Bradleys woodcut, The Kiss, 1896; Berthold Lofflers 1908 poster, Kunstschau Wien; Robert Bonfils 1925 poster, Paris; and M.A. Miles 1933 poster, For the Zoo.
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