Signs in the Street

Summary information

Date

Tue Mar 23 1954 until Mon May 03 1954

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.

February 1954

March 1954

April 1954

May 1954

June 1954

Signs in the Street

Ben Isquith: Paintings

Sculpture by Becker, Geist, Gordin, King, Rocklin, Terris; Graphics by Bing, Brach, County, Haas, Hoehn, Ortman

Paintings by Schapiro, Thomas; Sculpture by White

Jan Müller: Recent Paintings

Allan Kaprow: Paintings Drawings

Arnold Singer

Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection

Four American Graphic Designers

Vuillard

Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Japanese Pottery by Kitaoji Rosanjin

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1954-03	1954-04	Ben Isquith: Paintings
2	1954-04	1954-04	Sculpture by Becker, Geist, Gordin, King, Rocklin, Terris; Graphics by Bing, Brach, County, Haas, Hoehn, Ortman
3	1954-04	1954-05	Paintings by Schapiro, Thomas; Sculpture by White

#	Start	End	Title
1	1954-03	1954-04	Jan Müller: Recent Paintings
2	1954-04	1954-04	Allan Kaprow: Paintings Drawings
3	1954-04	1954-05	Arnold Singer

#	Start	End	Title
1	1946-07	1954-09	Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
2	1954-02	1954-04	Four American Graphic Designers
3	1954-04	1954-06	Vuillard
4	1954-04	1954-06	Faces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
5	1954-04	1954-05	Japanese Pottery by Kitaoji Rosanjin

Artists

There were 12 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.

Alexey Brodovitch

Biographical statement American, born Russia. 1898–1971

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

Died 1971

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Alexey Brodovitch

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alexey Brodovitch was involved in 11 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1944-05	1944-09	MoMA	Posters
2	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club
3	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
2	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Posters from the Bernard Davis Collection
3	1951-03	1951-06	MoMA	New Lamps
4	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
5	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	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	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
2	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

Hugh Casson

Biographical statement

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

Died 1999

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Hugh Casson

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hugh Casson was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

William Golden Walter Gropius Victor Gruen

William Golden

Biographical statement

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

Died

Nationality

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, William Golden was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-03	1949-04	MoMA	The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

Walter Gropius

Biographical statement German, 1883–1969

Born 1883 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1969

Nationality German

Gender Male

External information resources for Walter Gropius

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Walter Gropius was involved in 30 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 9 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s,1990s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1934-11	1935-01	MoMA	Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition
3	1936-03	1936-04	MoMA	Cubism and Abstract Art
4	1936-06	1936-09	MoMA	Modern Exposition Architecture
5	1937-02	1937-03	MoMA	Modern Architecture in England
6	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
7	1938-12	1939-01	Rockefeller Center	Bauhaus: 1919–1928
8	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
9	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
3	1945-01	1945-03	MoMA	The Lesson of War Housing
4	1945-08	1945-09	MoMA	Textile Design
5	1946-01	1946-01	MoMA	If You Want to Build a House
6	1947-06	1947-09	MoMA	Two Cities: Planning in North and South America
7	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
8	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	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
4	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street
5	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1979-11	1980-01	MoMA	Art of the Twenties

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1981-07	1981-09	MoMA	Marcel Breuer: Furniture and Interiors

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1992-09		MoMA	Selections from the Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2008-07	2008-10	MoMA	Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
3	2009-11	2010-01	MoMA	Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
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

Victor Gruen

Biographical statement

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

Died

Nationality

Gender

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Victor Gruen was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

George Howe

Biographical statement American, 1886–1955

Born 1886 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1955

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for George Howe

Exhibitions

In this dataset, George Howe was involved in 8 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1934-01	1934-01	MoMA	Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building by Howe and Lescaze
3	1938-06	1938-09	Rockefeller Center	Wheaton College Competition
4	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
2	1949-10	1949-12	MoMA	Modern Art in Your Life

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2007-04	2007-06	MoMA	75 Years of Architecture at MoMA

György Kepes Carl Koch

Carl Koch

Biographical statement

Born 1912 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1998

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Carl Koch

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Carl Koch was involved in 9 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 1930s,1950s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1939-02	1939-03	Rockefeller Center	Three Centuries of American Architecture
2	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-09	1941-09	MoMA	The Wooden House in America
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Built in the U.S.A., 1932–44
3	1945-02	1945-05	MoMA	Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-05	1950-07	MoMA	Prize Designs for Modern Furniture
2	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

György Kepes

Biographical statement American, born Hungary. 1906–2001

Born 1906 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 2001

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for György Kepes

Exhibitions

In this dataset, György Kepes was involved in 11 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1942-09	1942-11	MoMA	How to make a Photogram
2	1946-06	1946-09	MoMA	New Photographers
3	1947-12	1948-01	MoMA	Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
4	1948-09	1948-12	MoMA	Collage

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1951-05	1951-07	MoMA	Abstraction in Photography
3	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street
4	1958-11	1959-01	MoMA	Photographs from the Museum Collection
5	1959-11	1959-11	MoMA	30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1962-04	1962-05	MoMA	50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
2	1964-05		MoMA	Edward Steichen Photography Center

Harold Leeds Alvin Lustig

Alvin Lustig

Biographical statement American, 1915–1955

Born 1915 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1955

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Alvin Lustig

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alvin Lustig was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
2	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
3	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street
4	1955-10	1955-11	MoMA	Two Graphic Designers: Bruno Munari and Alvin Lustig

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2011-07	2012-01	MoMA	194X-9/11: American Architects and the Cit

Harold Leeds

Biographical statement

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

Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Harold Leeds was involved in 2 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-06	1952-07	MoMA	Architecture in the New York Area
2	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg Gerhardt Severain

Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg

Biographical statement Dutch, 1897–1984

Born 1897 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1984

Nationality Dutch

Gender Male

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg was involved in 5 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
2	1962-11	1963-01	MoMA	Lettering by Hand
3	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	1995-02	1995-05	MoMA	Typography and the Poster

Gerhardt Severain

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Died

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Gerhardt Severain was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1954-03	1954-05	MoMA	Signs in the Street

Signs in the Street

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

Tanager Gallery

Hansa Gallery

MoMA

Artists

B

Alexey Brodovitch

Exhibitions

1940s (3)

1950s (5)

1960s (1)

2000s (2)

C

Hugh Casson

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

G

William Golden

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

Walter Gropius

Exhibitions

1930s (9)

1940s (8)

1950s (5)

1970s (1)

1980s (1)

1990s (1)

2000s (4)

2010s (1)

Victor Gruen

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

H

George Howe

Exhibitions

1930s (4)

1940s (2)

1950s (1)

2000s (1)

K

Carl Koch

Exhibitions

1930s (2)

1940s (5)

1950s (2)

György Kepes

Exhibitions

1940s (4)

1950s (5)

1960s (2)

L

Alvin Lustig

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (4)

2010s (1)

Harold Leeds

Exhibitions

1950s (2)

S

Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

1960s (3)

1990s (1)

Gerhardt Severain

Exhibitions

1950s (1)

Acknowledgements