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Foto : modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945
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- Creator
- Matthew S. Witkovsky ; with an introduction by Peter Demetz
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- Language
- English
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- Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art in association with Thames and Hudson, 2007
- Physical Details
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- xxix, 278 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map ; 30 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780894683343, 0894683349, 9780500543375, 0500543372
- OCLC
- ocm77572853
- Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, June 10-September 3, 2007 ; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 5, 2007-January 2, 2008 ; Milwaukee Art Museum, February 9-May 4, 2008 ; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, June 7-August 31, 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-267) and index.
- Director's foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Note to the reader -- Guide to city names -- Maps of Central Europe in 1890 and 1930 -- Introduction : a map of courage / Peter Demetz -- ch. 1. Starting points -- ch. 2. The cut-and-paste world : recovering from war -- ch. 3. Laboratories and classrooms -- ch. 4. New women -- new men -- ch. 5. Modern living -- ch. 6. The spread of surrealism -- ch. 7. Activist documents -- ch. 8. Land without a name -- ch. 9. The cut-and-paste world : war returns -- Notes -- Biographies / Elizabeth Cronin, Stanisław Czekalski, Amanda Hockensmith, Astrid Lechner, Jiří Pátek, Maciej Szymanowicz, Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Bibliography / Elizabeth Cronin -- Index -- Photographic credits