Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld

Summary information

Date

Fri Feb 07 1975 until Wed Apr 30 1975

Location

MoMA ^{type:exhibition building spaces}
11 West 53rd St. ^{type:thoroughfare names}

Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

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1974

1975

November 1974

December 1974

January 1975

February 1975

March 1975

April 1975

May 1975

June 1975

July 1975

Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld

Robert Janz: Six Sticks

Collectors of the Seventies, Part I: Dorothy and Herbert Vogel

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Five Projects

American Prints: 1913–1963

Posters in the Penthouse

Lee Friedlander

Edward Weston

Projects: Video III

Projects: Loren Madsen

Josef Koudelka

Lucas Samaras 1974

Points of View

Architectural Studies and Projects

In the Twenties

Projects: Ger van Elk

Walker Evans, 1903–1975

Five Recent Acquisitions

Philip Glass Ensemble: "Music in Twelve Parts"

Mabou Mines: "The Red Horse Animation"

Scott Burton: Solitary-Behavior Tableaux

Charlemagne Palestine: “Strumming Music for Bosendorfer Piano”

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-03	1975-03	Robert Janz: Six Sticks
2	1975-04	1975-05	Collectors of the Seventies, Part I: Dorothy and Herbert Vogel

#	Start	End	Title
1	1974-11	1975-02	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Five Projects
2	1974-12	1975-03	American Prints: 1913–1963
3	1974-12	1975-02	Posters in the Penthouse
4	1974-12	1975-02	Lee Friedlander
5	1975-01	1975-03	Edward Weston
6	1975-02	1975-04	Projects: Video III
7	1975-02	1975-03	Projects: Loren Madsen
8	1975-02	1975-05	Josef Koudelka
9	1975-03	1975-04	Lucas Samaras 1974
10	1975-03	1975-06	Points of View
11	1975-03	1975-05	Architectural Studies and Projects
12	1975-03	1975-06	In the Twenties
13	1975-03	1975-05	Projects: Ger van Elk
14	1975-04	1975-06	Walker Evans, 1903–1975
15	1975-04	1975-06	Five Recent Acquisitions

#	Start	End	Title
1	1975-02	1975-02	Philip Glass Ensemble: "Music in Twelve Parts"
2	1975-02	1975-02	Mabou Mines: "The Red Horse Animation"
3	1975-03	1975-03	Scott Burton: Solitary-Behavior Tableaux
4	1975-04	1975-04	Charlemagne Palestine: “Strumming Music for Bosendorfer Piano”

Artists

There were 4 persons who influenced this exhibition.

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Hector Guimard

Biographical statement French, 1867–1942

Born 1867 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1942

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Hector Guimard

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hector Guimard was involved in 23 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1936-12	1937-01	MoMA	Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-07	1949-09	MoMA	Art Nouveau from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-06	1960-09	MoMA	Art Nouveau
2	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design
3	1967-09	1968-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
4	1968-01	1968-03	MoMA	Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879–1967

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-03	1970-05	MoMA	Hector Guimard
2	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
3	1975-02	1975-04	MoMA	Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld
4	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-12	1981-03	MoMA	The Symbolist Aesthetic
2	1988-06	1988-09	MoMA	The Modern Poster

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1995-02	1995-05	MoMA	Typography and the Poster
2	1999-10	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Places
3	1999-10	2000-03	MoMA	Hector Guimard and the Art Nouveau Interior

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2004-11		MoMA	The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden: Inaugural Installation
3	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
2	2012-11	2013-07	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Trisha Donnelly
3	2013-03	2013-06	MoMA	Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light

Gerrit Rietveld

Biographical statement Dutch, 1888–1964

Born 1888 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1964

Nationality Dutch

Gender Male

External information resources for Gerrit Rietveld

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Gerrit Rietveld was involved in 24 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1952-12	1953-02	MoMA	De Stijl
3	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1974-02	1974-09	MoMA	Architectural Models from the Collection
2	1975-02	1975-04	MoMA	Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld
3	1977-08	1977-10	MoMA	The Graphic Revolution: 1915–1935
4	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design
5	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-09		MoMA	Selections from the Collection
2	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-03	2000-08	MoMA	Modern Living I
2	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
3	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
4	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
2	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
3	2013-01	2013-12	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013
4	2013-10	2014-10	MoMA	Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Frank Lloyd Wright

Biographical statement American, 1867–1959

Born 1867 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1959

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Frank Lloyd Wright

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frank Lloyd Wright was involved in 46 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1933-01	1933-02	MoMA	Early Modern Architecture: Chicago 1870–1910
3	1938-01	1938-03	Rockefeller Center	A New House by Frank Lloyd Wright
4	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
5	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1941-01	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect
2	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
4	1945-05	1945-09	MoMA	Tomorrow's Small House: Models and Plans
5	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1946-06	1946-09	MoMA	A New Country House by Frank Lloyd Wright: Scale Model
7	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years
8	1947-04	1947-06	MoMA	Taliesin and Taliesin West
9	1949-04	1949-04	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: A New Theatre
10	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1952-01	1952-03	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: Buildings for Johnson's Wax
3	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area
4	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
5	1958-10	1958-12	MoMA	Architecture Worth Saving
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
7	1959-04		MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright, 1869–1959

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-09	1960-12	MoMA	Visionary Architecture
2	1961-08	1961-09	MoMA	Roads
3	1962-03	1962-05	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings
4	1963-11	1963-12	MoMA	Fallingwater: A Frank Lloyd Wright House Revisited
5	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design
6	1968-09	1968-11	MoMA	Architecture of Museums

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
2	1974-02	1974-09	MoMA	Architectural Models from the Collection
3	1975-02	1975-04	MoMA	Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1994-02	1994-05	MoMA	Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect
2	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2004-11	2005-03	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Inaugural Installation
3	2005-04	2005-10	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 2
4	2006-04	2006-07	MoMA	Architecture and Design Drawings: Rotation 3
5	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
6	2007-04	2007-06	MoMA	75 Years of Architecture at MoMA
7	2008-07	2008-10	MoMA	Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
8	2009-04	2010-02	MoMA	In Situ: Architecture and Landscape
9	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2012-03	2013-03	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 2
3	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
4	2013-10	2014-10	MoMA	Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

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Furniture from the Design Collection: Thonet, Guimard, Wright, and Rietveld

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

Clocktower Gallery

MoMA

The Idea Warehouse

Artists

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Hector Guimard

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (1)

1950s (2)

1960s (4)

1970s (4)

1980s (2)

1990s (3)

2000s (3)

2010s (3)

R

Gerrit Rietveld

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (1)

1950s (4)

1960s (2)

1970s (5)

1990s (2)

2000s (4)

2010s (4)

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Exhibitions

1930s (5)

1940s (10)

1950s (7)

1960s (6)

1970s (3)

1990s (2)

2000s (9)

2010s (4)

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