Overview

American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age explores the rise of an unmistakably American, undeniably modern design style that developed during a fifteen-year period between the world wars. It features an essay by J. Stewart Johnson examining the development of modern design in the United States and the public reaction to it, biographical entries on fifty designers whose work is included in the exhibition, an appendix explaining new materials developed during this period, and a comprehensive bibliography.