Scarce 1939 NY Worlds Fair Book MODERN DANISH INDUSTRIAL ART 69 Pgs Illustrated

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Scarce 1939 NY Worlds Fair Book MODERN DANISH INDUSTRIAL ART 69 Pgs Illustrated
According to one scholarly article, this exhibition and this catalog that documented it were key factors in the evolution of Scandinavian Modern into one of the dominant themes of 20th-century design worldwide.
In 1960, Viggo Steen Moller... wrote... that the cooperative arrangement between cabinetmakers and architects had been instrumental in establishing the high quality of both the design and the execution of Danish furniture. High-quality craftsmanship and design were critical features of Danish Modern branding, and spokesmen for the network stressed them continually after the late 1930s.
By the end of that decade, Danish furniture was attracting international attention. Even though Denmark did not exhibit much furniture at the World's Fair in New York in 1939, representatives were there to circulate the story of Danish Modern. The Danish exhibition catalog, prepared by the Danish Society of Arts and Crafts, and the permanent sales exhibition Den Permanente emphasized both the influence of Klint and the "genuine, professional workmanship" of "several notable handicraftsmen." The catalog described Danish industrial art as possessing "a homely tone in nature and character, capricious effects having been unknown to us. Our best works are characterized by the will to produce genuine, technical workmanship, a sound critical attitude to untimely modernism, but alsoa natural desire to take up the problems for renewed investigation and solution in accordance with the exigencies of the times."34 This passage combines the two themes—the role of Klint and the contribution of skilled cabinetmakers—and demonstrates that the narrative was in place well before Danish Design made its international breakthrough around 1950.
According to the credits,
This book has been produced by a collaboration between Forening for Kunsthaandvaerk (The Art Handicraft Association) and Den permanente Udstilling af dansk Kunsthaandvaerk of Kunstindustri (The Permanent Exposition of Danish Art Handicraft and Industrial Art). Cover design by Ib Andersen.
Firms covered in this book include: B&G, Royal Copenhagen, A/S Michael Andersen & Son, L. Hjorth's Terracottafabrik, Saxbo, Holmegaards Glasvaerk, Louis Poulsen, Just Andersen, Argentor, Carl M. Cohr, Frantz Hingelberg, Evan Jensen, Georg Jensens Solvsmedie, A. MIchelsen, Evald Nielsen, Askovhus Vaevestue, Margrethe Jensen, Marie Moos, Peter Sorensen Skotoj, BO, Fritz Hansens EFTF, E.V.A. Nissen & Co., Jacob Petersen, etc.
Soft cover, size about 7 x 5 inches. Good condition inside, with chipped and soiled cover. Hard to find this volume, but there's one on ABE in about the same condition for 0 if you don't get this one.
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