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1 David A. Hanks / Friedrich Meschede (eds) PARTNERS IN DESIGN Alfred H. Barr Jr. und Philip Johnson Bauhaus-Pioniere in Amerika 240 pages, 20,3 x 27,9 cm, 200 ills., mostly in b/w Hardcover German 38 [D] / US$ 65 / 38 ISBN CELEBRATING ALMOST A CENTURY OF BAUHAUS IN 2017! PARTNERS IN DESIGN The authors As the 1930s began Alfred H. Barr Jr., founder of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Philip Johnson, distinguished architect, brought the principles of the Bauhaus to America even before exiles from Nazi Germany fully established the idea of architecture and furnishings as a functional whole in the United States. Barr s organization of the museum reflected the departmental structure of the Bauhaus, elevating architecture, graphic design, utilitarian furniture design, industrial design, photography and film to be on an equal footing with painting and sculpture, and endorsing all to be recognized as art. Barr and Johnson curated exceptional exhibitions such as Modern Architecture: International Exhibition (1932) and Machine Art (1934) at MoMA and created modern interiors in private living quarters. Comprehensive essays and series of photos trace how modernism found its way into the American cultural landscape. Exhibition: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Have you seen our online press portal? There you will fi nd the printable covers, images and press releases of our new publications available for download. You can also leaf through our books on our website. We look forward to your visit. DONALD ALBRECHT is curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York. His exhibitions include Paris/New York: Design Fashion Culture and The Work of Charles and Ray Eames. He is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome. BARRY BERGDOLL is the Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History at Columbia University. He is also curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art and served as director of the department from 2007 to His exhibitions and accompanying catalogues in-clude Mies in Berlin (2001) and Bauhaus : Workshops for Modernity (2009). DAVID A. HANKS is curator of the Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design. His previous publications for the Stewart Program include The Century for Modern Design (2010) and American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow (2005). JULIET KINCHIN has been curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art since Her exhibitions and accompanying publications include Century of the Modern Child: Growing by Design, (2012) and Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen (2010). For more information or free review copies, please do not hesitate to contact Winfried Stürzl arnoldsche ART PUBLISHERS Olgastraße 137, D Stuttgart Tel. +49 (0) Fax -79 presse@arnoldsche.com www. arnoldsche.com 1

2 Contents 01 EINLEITUNG David A. Hanks DAS BAUHAUS. MEKKA DER MODERNE David A. Hanks DIE ELEGANTE BOHEME IM MANHATTAN DER 1930 JAHRE Donald Albrecht LABORATORIEN FÜR DIE MODERNE. DIE BARR- UND JOHNSON-APARTMENTS David A. Hanks MODERNISTEN IM AUSLAND David A. Hanks MODERN ARCHITECTURE: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Barry Bergdoll MACHINE ART. ELEMENTE EINER NEUEN SCHÖNHEIT Juliet Kinchin DIE VERBREITUNG DER FROHEN BOTSCHAFT DES MODERNEN DESIGNS David A. Hanks 174 www. arnoldsche.com 2

3 49 Josef Hartwig Schachspiel, Modell Nr. XVI, 1924 Birnbaumholz, unbehandelt und gebeizt Produziert vom Bauhaus, Weimar New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Schenkung von Alfred H. Barr Jr Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florenz 50 Wilhelm Wagenfeld Lampe, entworfen Produziert von der Bauhaus-Metallwerkstatt, Dessau New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Schenkung von Philip Johnson Digital image, The Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florenz 51 Christian Dell Tischleuchte Type K, ca Verchromter und lierter Stahl, Bakelit Produziert von Belmag Co., Zürich, Schweiz The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Art www. arnoldsche.com 3

4 101 Philip Johnson mit Alfred Clauss Sessel, 1932 Verchromtes Stahlrohr, Leinwand Unbekannter New Yorker Hersteller The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, geschenkt von Victoria Barr von der Stiftung von Herrn und Frau Alfred H. Barr Jr. 106 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ) Barcelona Chair, 1929 (Beispiel um 1960) The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Schenkung Trever F. Peck 160 Josef Albers Foto: Ruth Bernhard ( ) Titelblatt Ausstellungskatalog «Machine Art», 1934 Publiziert vom Museum of Modern Art, New York The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017 Foto: The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design www. arnoldsche.com 4

5 180 Installationsansicht, «Useful Objects Under $10» The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2. Dezember 1941 bis 4. Januar 1942 The Museum of the City of New York/Art Resource, New York www. arnoldsche.com 5