The Shock of the NewA beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... , Moscow ( photo Centre Pompidou ) 58 57 El Lissitzky Proun Composition C. 1922 Gouache and ink 192 × 152 ins : Museum of Modern Art , New York , Gift of Curt Valentin inexpensive printing systems available , rarely using more than two. 57.
... , Moscow ( photo Centre Pompidou ) 58 57 El Lissitzky Proun Composition C. 1922 Gouache and ink 192 × 152 ins : Museum of Modern Art , New York , Gift of Curt Valentin inexpensive printing systems available , rarely using more than two. 57.
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... York in 1940 , the passion for nature that suffuses his early years came back , with extraordinary richness , as a vision of the Ideal City . Mondrian found New York's modernity liberating . " The past has a tyrannic influence which is ...
... York in 1940 , the passion for nature that suffuses his early years came back , with extraordinary richness , as a vision of the Ideal City . Mondrian found New York's modernity liberating . " The past has a tyrannic influence which is ...
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... York City . Its shapes were already a subject for American artists by 1920. For Joseph Stella , an Italian migrant ... York's funfair by night , Battle of Lights , Coney Island , 1914 ( plate 220 ) . Though Stella was not a member of the ...
... York City . Its shapes were already a subject for American artists by 1920. For Joseph Stella , an Italian migrant ... York's funfair by night , Battle of Lights , Coney Island , 1914 ( plate 220 ) . Though Stella was not a member of the ...
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