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Ladislav Sutnar Design (A-D Gallery, 1947)
Ladislav Sutnar Design (A-D Gallery, 1947)

Ladislav Sutnar Design (A-D Gallery, 1947)

By Ladislav Sutnar

Located in New York, NY

Dodge Corporation, Fortune Magazine, and New York’s 1939 World’s Fair. With an introduction by Cliff S.

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Vintage 1940s American Machine Age Books

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Paper

A Design Students' Guide to the New York World's Fair (Standalone Edition)
A Design Students' Guide to the New York World's Fair (Standalone Edition)

A Design Students' Guide to the New York World's Fair (Standalone Edition)

By Donald Deskey, Paul Rand

Located in New York, NY

First edition of this guide to the 1939 (and 1940) New York World’s Fair, published jointly by P/M Magazine and the Laboratory School of Industrial Design. 8vo (5.75” x 8”), printed ...

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Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Books

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Paper

City Planning Housing. Volume III: A Graphic Review of Civic Art 1922-1937
City Planning Housing. Volume III: A Graphic Review of Civic Art 1922-1937

City Planning Housing. Volume III: A Graphic Review of Civic Art 1922-1937

By William Lescaze, Eliel Saarinen, J.J. Pieter Oud

Located in New York, NY

Profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, plans, aerial views, housing schemes, exhibition proposals, and comparative studies from Europe and the United States, including ma...

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Vintage 1930s American International Style Books

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Paper

Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws ) - In Celebration of Pride Month
Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws ) - In Celebration of Pride Month

Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws ) - In Celebration of Pride Month

By Joseph Hirsch

Located in New Orleans, LA

He also won many awards, among them were a fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, the Walter Lippincott Prize, First Prize at the New York World's Fair (1939), the Guggenheim F...

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1960s American Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Pair of Brass Lidded Boxes by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s
Pair of Brass Lidded Boxes by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s

Pair of Brass Lidded Boxes by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metall, Sweden, 1930s

By Ivar Ålenius Björk, Ystad-Metall, Carl-Einar Borgstrom

Located in Malmö, SE

Exhibited at New York World’s Fair 1939 in a lily themed set. Great condition (they can easily be polished if you prefer them shiny).

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Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes

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Brass

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