Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection

Summary information

Date

Tue Oct 25 1955 until Sun Jan 08 1956

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.

1955

1956

August 1955

September 1955

October 1955

November 1955

December 1955

January 1956

February 1956

March 1956

Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection

Giorgio de Chirico

Yves Tanguy

Two Graphic Designers: Bruno Munari and Alvin Lustig

Prints by Nolde and Kirchner

Latin American Architecture Since 1945

Recent Acquisitions

Craig, Fornas, Speyer: New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse

Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art

Matisse Chasubles

Small Works

6 Exemplary Paintings and 1 Sculpture

Jane Wilson

Miles Forst

Xmas Group Show

Richard Stankiewicz: An Exhibition of Steel and Iron Sculpture, Works of 1956

Alfred Jensen: Paintings

Paintings by Ortman, Isquith, Cantor, Stefanelli, Flack, Goldberg, Park, Repke, Groell, Kanovitz, Lund

Saul Leiter: Watercolors

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

#	Start	End	Title
1	1955-09	1955-10	Giorgio de Chirico
2	1955-09	1955-10	Yves Tanguy
3	1955-10	1955-11	Two Graphic Designers: Bruno Munari and Alvin Lustig
4	1955-11	1956-01	Prints by Nolde and Kirchner
5	1955-11	1956-02	Latin American Architecture Since 1945
6	1955-11	1956-02	Recent Acquisitions
7	1955-12	1956-01	Craig, Fornas, Speyer: New Talent Exhibition in the Penthouse
8	1955-12	1956-01	Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
9	1955-12	1956-01	Matisse Chasubles

#	Start	End	Title
1	1954-10	1955-10	Small Works
2	1955-10	1955-11	6 Exemplary Paintings and 1 Sculpture
3	1955-11	1955-11	Jane Wilson
4	1955-11	1955-12	Miles Forst
5	1955-12	1955-12	Xmas Group Show
6	1956-01	1956-01	Richard Stankiewicz: An Exhibition of Steel and Iron Sculpture, Works of 1956

#	Start	End	Title
1	1955-10	1955-11	Alfred Jensen: Paintings
2	1955-11	1955-12	Paintings by Ortman, Isquith, Cantor, Stefanelli, Flack, Goldberg, Park, Repke, Groell, Kanovitz, Lund
3	1955-12	1955-12	Saul Leiter: Watercolors

Artists

There were 26 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.

Alvar Aalto

Biographical statement Finnish, 1898–1976

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

Died 1976

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Alvar Aalto

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Alvar Aalto was involved in 32 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 7 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1932-02	1932-03	Crown Building	Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
2	1938-03	1938-04	Rockefeller Center	Alvar Aalto: Architecture and Furniture
3	1939-05	1939-09	Rockefeller Center	Houses and Housing: Industrial Art

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10
2	1944-05	1944-10	MoMA	Design for Use
3	1945-11	1946-01	MoMA	Useful Objects
4	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years
5	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
6	1949-08	1949-10	MoMA	Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
7	1949-11	1950-01	MoMA	Design Show: Christmas 1949

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1950-11	1951-01	MoMA	Good Design
3	1952-03	1952-06	MoMA	New Design Trends
4	1953-01	1953-03	MoMA	Built in USA: Post-War Architecture
5	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
6	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
3	1968-09	1968-11	MoMA	Architecture of Museums

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1984-09	1984-11	MoMA	Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1995-06	1995-09	MoMA	Civic Architecture
2	1998-02	1998-05	MoMA	Alvar Aalto: Between Humanism and Materialism

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Modern Living II
2	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
3	2005-12	2006-04	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Rotation 2
4	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
5	2006-11	2007-11	MoMA	Digitally Mastered: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Collection
6	2009-12	2012-02	MoMA	Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980, Part 1

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

Hagbard Elis Bergh

Biographical statement Swedish, 1881–1954

Born 1881 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1954

Nationality Swedish

Gender Male

External information resources for Hagbard Elis Bergh

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Hagbard Elis Bergh was involved in 4 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
2	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Frederick Carder

Biographical statement American, born England. 1863–1963

Born 1863 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1963

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Frederick Carder

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Frederick Carder was involved in 3 exhibitions across 1 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-03	1952-06	MoMA	New Design Trends
2	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Leerdam Glass Factory Wärtsilä-Koncernen AB, Notsjö Glasbruk, Finland Karhula Glassworks, Finland Artek, Finland Kaj Franck

Kaj Franck

Biographical statement Finnish, 1911–1989

Born 1911 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1989

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Kaj Franck

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Kaj Franck was involved in 13 exhibitions across 5 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 5 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-11	1950-01	MoMA	Design Show: Christmas 1949

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-09	1953-11	MoMA	Good Design
2	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
3	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
5	1959-09	1959-11	MoMA	The Package

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1991-02	1991-04	MoMA	Art of the Forties
2	1992-04	1992-10	MoMA	Kaj Franck: Designer

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2000-04	2000-09	MoMA	Modern Living II
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	2009-05	2011-01	MoMA	What was Good Design? MoMA's Message 1944–56

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

Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik, Geislingen, Germany Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., Mainz, Germany

Josef Hoffmann Göran Hongell

Göran Hongell

Biographical statement Finnish, 1902–1973

Born 1902 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1973

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Göran Hongell

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Göran Hongell was involved in 4 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art 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

Josef Hoffmann

Biographical statement Austrian, 1870–1956

Born 1870 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1956

Nationality Austrian

Gender Male

External information resources for Josef Hoffmann

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Josef Hoffmann was involved in 16 exhibitions across 8 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1960s,1990s with 1 exhibitions.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1946-11	1947-01	MoMA	Modern Rooms of the Last Fifty Years
2	1947-09	1948-01	MoMA	100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1950-07	1950-09	MoMA	Three Modern Styles
2	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
3	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-06	1960-09	MoMA	Art Nouveau

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1971-07	1971-09	MoMA	Summer Show
2	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	2006-06	2006-09	MoMA	Artist's Choice: Herzog and De Meuron, Perception Restrained
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	2012-07	2012-11	MoMA	Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000

Venini & Co., Murano, Italy

Rene Lalique Vera Lisková Adolph Loos

Adolph Loos

Biographical statement Austrian, 1870–1933

Born 1870 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1933

Nationality Austrian

Gender Male

External information resources for Adolph Loos

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Adolph Loos was involved in 5 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1990s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-04	1949-07	MoMA	Lobmeyr Glass

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
2	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

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

Vera Lisková

Biographical statement Czech, 1924–1979

Born 1924 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1979

Nationality Czech

Gender Female

External information resources for Vera Lisková

viaf.org

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Vera Lisková was involved in 5 exhibitions across 2 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 with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1949-04	1949-07	MoMA	Lobmeyr Glass

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-03	1952-06	MoMA	New Design Trends
2	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
3	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Rene Lalique

Biographical statement French, 1860–1945

Born 1860 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1945

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Rene Lalique

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Rene Lalique was involved in 5 exhibitions across 3 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 3 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1960s with 1 exhibitions.

#	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	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1960-06	1960-09	MoMA	Art Nouveau

Eimer & Amend, New York, NY

The Lancaster Lens Co., Lancaster, OH

Stephan Rath

Biographical statement Austrian, 1876–1960

Born 1876 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1960

Nationality Austrian

Gender Male

External information resources for Stephan Rath

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Stephan Rath was involved in 3 exhibitions across 2 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 2 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
2	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

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

Kosta Glasbruk, Sweden

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Biographical statement American, 1848–1933

Born 1848 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1933

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Louis Comfort Tiffany

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Louis Comfort Tiffany was involved in 16 exhibitions across 9 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 4 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s,1980s,1990s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

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

#	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	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
3	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	1960-12	1961-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions
3	1964-05		MoMA	Philip L. Goodwin Galleries of Architecture and Design
4	1967-09	1968-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1975-11	1976-01	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
2	1979-08	1979-09	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1980-12	1981-03	MoMA	The Symbolist Aesthetic

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1999-11	2000-03	MoMA	Modern Starts: Things

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-11	2005-11	MoMA	Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
2	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

Paolo Venini J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna

Paolo Venini

Biographical statement Italian, 1895–1959

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

Died 1959

Nationality Italian

Gender Male

External information resources for Paolo Venini

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Paolo Venini was involved in 5 exhibitions across 2 decades.

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

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1938-09	1938-10	Rockefeller Center	Useful Household Objects under $5.00

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-03	1952-06	MoMA	New Design Trends
2	1953-12	1954-02	MoMA	Recent Acquisitions, 1946–1953: Department of Architecture and Design
3	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Wilhelm Wagenfeld Scott Wilson Corning Glass Works

Scott Wilson

Biographical statement Scottish, born United States. 1889–1972

Born 1889 ^{(click to view other people born in this year)}

Died 1972

Nationality

Gender Male

External information resources for Scott Wilson

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Scott Wilson was involved in 5 exhibitions across 2 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 with 1 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1941-12	1942-01	MoMA	Useful Objects Under $10

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1953-09	1953-11	MoMA	Good Design
2	1955-02	1955-03	MoMA	Good Design: 5th Anniversary
3	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
4	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Biographical statement German, 1900–1990

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

Died 1990

Nationality German

Gender Male

External information resources for Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Exhibitions

In this dataset, Wilhelm Wagenfeld was involved in 13 exhibitions across 4 decades.

Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 6 exhibitions.
Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,2010s with 2 exhibitions.

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1933-04	1933-04	MoMA	Objects: 1900 and Today
2	1938-12	1939-01	Rockefeller Center	Bauhaus: 1919–1928

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	1952-09	1952-11	MoMA	Good Design
2	1955-10	1956-01	MoMA	Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
3	1958-12	1959-02	MoMA	20th Century Design from the Museum Collection

#	Start	End	Location	Title
1	2004-04	2004-09	MoMA	Humble Masterpieces
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	2006-11	2007-11	MoMA	Digitally Mastered: Recent Acquisitions from the Museum's Collection
5	2009-11	2010-01	MoMA	Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
6	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

Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection

Summary information

Date

Location

Carried out by

Concurrent exhibitions

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

MoMA

Hansa Gallery

Tanager Gallery

Artists

A

Alvar Aalto

Exhibitions

1930s (3)

1940s (7)

1950s (6)

1960s (3)

1980s (1)

1990s (2)

2000s (6)

2010s (4)

B

Hagbard Elis Bergh

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (3)

C

Frederick Carder

Exhibitions

1950s (3)

F

Kaj Franck

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (5)

1990s (2)

2000s (4)

2010s (1)

G

H

Göran Hongell

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (1)

2000s (2)

Josef Hoffmann

Exhibitions

1930s (1)

1940s (2)

1950s (4)

1960s (1)

1970s (2)

1990s (1)

2000s (3)

2010s (2)

I

L

Adolph Loos

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (2)

1990s (1)

2000s (1)

Vera Lisková

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (4)

Rene Lalique

Exhibitions

1940s (1)

1950s (3)

1960s (1)

N

O

R

Stephan Rath

Exhibitions

1950s (2)

1990s (1)