Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Summary information

Date

Tue Nov 26 1940 until Wed Dec 25 1940

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

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

October 1940

November 1940

December 1940

January 1941

Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect

D.W. Griffith, American Film Master

American Color Prints under $10

War Comes to the People: A Story Written With The Lens

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1940-10	1941-01	Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
2	1940-11	1941-01	Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect
3	1940-11	1941-01	D.W. Griffith, American Film Master
4	1940-11	1940-12	American Color Prints under $10
5	1940-12	1941-01	War Comes to the People: A Story Written With The Lens

Artists

There were 72 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Vytant Aleks William Artis

William Artis

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, William Artis was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Vytant Aleks

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vytant Aleks was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Norman Beals Joseph H. Meyer Bros.

Norman Beals

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Norman Beals was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Henry Dreyfuss

Biographical statement American, 1904–1972

Born 1904 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1972

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Henry Dreyfuss

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Henry Dreyfuss was involved in 11 exhibitions across 5 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1934-01	1934-02	MoMA	International Exhibition of Theatre Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1943-07	1943-10	MoMA	Airways to Peace
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
4	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1952-09	1952-11	MoMA	Good Design
3	1953-09	1953-11	MoMA	Good Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1967-09	1968-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen
2	2013-10	2014-10	MoMA	Designing Modern Women 1890–1990

Gotham Glass Halstead & Gravenstein

Nathan George Horwitt

Biographical statement American, 1898–1990

Born 1898 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1990

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Nathan George Horwitt was involved in 9 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1970s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1934-03	1934-04	MoMA	Machine Art
2	1939-12	1940-01	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10.00

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10
3	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Useful Objects in Wartime under $10
4	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

Metal Tex, Inc.Volupte Inc.Benduro, Inc.Celares, Inc.Richards, Boggs and King, Inc.Schierenhide, Inc.

Alfred Vischer, Jr.

Richard Kelly John Kohant

Richard Kelly

Biographical statement American, 1910–1977

Born 1910 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1977

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Richard Kelly

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Richard Kelly was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

John Kohant

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, John Kohant was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

W. O. Langille Paul A. Lobel

Paul A. Lobel

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viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Paul A. Lobel was involved in 6 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1939-12	1940-01	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10.00

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10
3	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Useful Objects in Wartime under $10
4	1946-09	1946-11	MoMA	Modern Handmade Jewelry
5	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Useful Objects

W. O. Langille

Biographical statement American, born 1895

Born 1895 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, W. O. Langille was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

Duplex Appliance Co., Springfield, MA The Ironrite Ironer Co., Detroit, MI

Kurt Versen Co., Englewood, NJ Diehl Manufacturing Co., Elizabeth, NJ Lenox, Inc., Trenton, NJ C.S. Osborne & Co., Newark, NJ Braquette, Inc., New York, NY Barcalo Manufacturing Co., New York, NY Lorraine Metal Mfg. Co., NY Hughes-Autograf Brush Co., Inc., NY Pen N Pencil Co., New York, NY Revere Copper and Brass, Inc., Rome, NY I. Niedeman Eliot Noyes

I. Niedeman

Biographical statement Nationality unknown

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, I. Niedeman was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10

Eliot Noyes

Biographical statement American, 1910–1977

Born 1910 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1977

Nationality American

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Eliot Noyes was involved in 7 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-01	1940-03	MoMA	Smithsonian Competition
2	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
3	1941-11	1942-01	MoMA	Architecture of Eric Mendelsohn, 1914–1940
4	1942-04	1942-06	MoMA	Wartime Housing
5	1949-11	1950-01	MoMA	Design Show: Christmas 1949

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained

The Christy Co., Freemont, OH Cambridge Glass Company, Cambridge, OH Wagner Mfg. Co., Sidney, OH Sewell Mfg. Co., Dayton, OH A.H. Heisey & Co., Newark, Ohio

W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co., Bradford, PA Charles A. Peters Joseph B. Platt James Prestini

Charles A. Peters

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charles A. Peters was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Joseph B. Platt

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Joseph B. Platt was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage

James Prestini

Biographical statement American, born Italy. 1908–1993

Born 1908 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1993

Nationality American

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, James Prestini was involved in 10 exhibitions across 6 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s,1990s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1939-12	1940-01	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10.00

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10
3	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
2	1952-03	1952-06	MoMA	New Design Trends
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1970-12	1971-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2011-02	2013-03	MoMA	Plywood: Material, Process, Form

Rena Rosenthal

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Rena Rosenthal was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1933-04	1933-04	MoMA	Objects: 1900 and Today

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

C.D. Sternfels

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, C.D. Sternfels was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Kelly & Thompson, USA

Kurt Versen

Alfred Vischer, Jr.

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alfred Vischer, Jr. was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use

Kurt Versen

Biographical statement American, born 1901

Born 1901 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Kurt Versen

www.wikidata.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Kurt Versen was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1934-03	1934-04	MoMA	Machine Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
3	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Blenko Glass Co., Inc., Milton, WV W. Archibald Welden Corning Glass Works Russel Wright

Russel Wright

Biographical statement American, 1904–1976

Born 1904 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1976

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Russel Wright

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Russel Wright was involved in 17 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1934-03	1934-04	MoMA	Machine Art
2	1939-12	1940-01	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10.00

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1942-12	1943-01	MoMA	Useful Objects in Wartime under $10
3	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
4	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Useful Objects
5	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1951-11	1952-01	MoMA	Good Design
3	1952-09	1952-11	MoMA	Good Design
4	1953-09	1953-11	MoMA	Good Design
5	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
6	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56
3	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

W. Archibald Welden

Biographical statement American, 1900–1970

Born 1900 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1970

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for W. Archibald Welden

www.wikidata.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, W. Archibald Welden was involved in 7 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10
2	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-09	1953-11	MoMA	Good Design
2	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2010-09	2011-05	MoMA	Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen

Lenart Import, Ltd., New York Marvin G. Yutzey

Marvin G. Yutzey

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Marvin G. Yutzey was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1940-11	1940-12	MoMA	Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Useful Objects of American Design under $10

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Artists

A

William Artis

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Vytant Aleks

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

B

Norman Beals

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

C

D

Henry Dreyfuss

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (4)

1950s (3)

1960s (1)

2010s (2)

G

H

Nathan George Horwitt

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (4)

1960s (1)

1970s (1)

1990s (1)

I

J

K

Richard Kelly

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

John Kohant

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

L

Paul A. Lobel

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (5)

W. O. Langille

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

2000s (1)

M

N

I. Niedeman

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

Eliot Noyes

Exhibitions

1940s (5)

1970s (1)

2000s (1)

O

P

Charles A. Peters

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

Joseph B. Platt

Exhibitions

1940s (2)

James Prestini

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (3)

1950s (3)