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Title Devětsil : Czech avant-garde art, architecture and design of the 1920s and 30s.

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Oxford : Museum of Modern Art ; London : Design Museum, 1990.

Location	Call No.	Status
Merrill-Cazier Special, Design Collection, Art Book Room (Lower Level)	N 6831 .D48 1990	Available

Description	115 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
Content	text
Carrier	volume
Note	Cover title.
	"Exhibition conceived by František Šmejkal . . . catalogue edited by Rostislav Šachá . . . exhibition prepared by Galerie hlavního města Prague"--P. [4].
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113).
Contents	Devětsil : an introduction / František Šmejkal -- The architects of Devětsil / Rostislav Švachá -- Devětsil design : from visions to programmes / Milena Lamarová -- Devětsil design : five interiors / Rostislav Švachá -- Devětsil design : a sixth interior / Milena Lamarová -- Devětsil and literature / Zdeněk Pěsat -- The new typography / Jan Rous -- Devětsil and photography / Anton̋in Dufek -- The Devětsil film dream / Michal Bregant -- A forgotten composer : homage to Miroslav Ponc / Jaromir Paclt -- Devětsil : an epilogue / Karel Srp -- After Devětsil : surrealism in Czechoslovakia ; Chrononlogy / František Šmejkal.
Local Note	From the personal library of James Prestini (1908-1993).
	Gift of Kathryn Caine Wanlass.
Subject	Art, Czech -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
	Devětsil (Society) -- Exhibitions.
	Architecture -- Czechoslovakia -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
	Design -- Czechoslovakia -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Added Author	Šmejkal, František.
	Švácha, Rostislav.
	Museum of Modern Art (Oxford, England)
	Design Museum (London, England)
	Galerie hlavního města Prahy.
Other Title	Devětsil : Czech avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s
Spine Title	Czech avant-garde of the 1920s & 1930s
ISBN	0905836707 (pbk.)

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