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View fullsize Sven Brasch (Danish, 1886–1970) Zoologisk / Have, 1924 Lithograph, 33 3/4 x 24 1/4” (85.7 x 61.6 cm) #svenbrasch #danishgraphicdesign #copenhagenzoo #hippo #merrillcberman
View fullsize Founded in 1900 by Heinrich Lefler (1863–1919) and his brother-in-law Joseph Urban (1872–1933), the artists’ association Hagenbund helped shape Vienna’s cultural life for nearly forty years. From 1902 until it was disbanded in
View fullsize Established in Berlin in 1918, the Novembergruppe (November Group), was an association of politically left-leaning artists, who named themselves after Germany’s (failed) November Revolution. In the 1920s, an international array of members inclu
View fullsize “Today is always more complicated than yesterday,” wrote the Polish poet Jan Brzękowski (1903–1983) in 1929. “This is because today is still alive and difficult to grasp.” But capturing and classifying the international
View fullsize Last Friday we were pleased to host Professor Masha Chlenova and her Lang College, New School students for a class visit at the office. Adrian presented works from Dada to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, offering material manifestations of the
View fullsize Today we share Deutsche Werkbund Exhibition Posters, 1914–1929. The Deutsche Werkbund, a cooperative of architects, designers, and industrialists, was founded in 1907 and remained active until 1934. During this period, the organization presente
View fullsize Today we share works by Aleksandr Deineka (Russian, 1899–1969). Christina Kiaer’s stunning new book Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism (Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2024) has just
View fullsize Last Wednesday evening, we were delighted to attend the opening of “Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters” at Poster House, New York and to celebrate the museum’s five year anniversary. Poster House’s mission
View fullsize Professor James A. van Dyke visited the office to contemplate the material qualities of Otto Dix's Portrait of Jankel Adler, 1926. The rough surface of this oil on canvas (with grit) is uncharacteristic of Dix's painting of this period. It is, howeve
View fullsize Today we highlight a single work in the collection: Rose Piper’s The Death of Bessie Smith of 1947. After graduating from Hunter College in 1940, the New York-based artist received a Rosenwald Fellowship to travel to the American South to study
View fullsize Today we had the pleasure of admiring prints related to the Belgian journal Het Overzicht by the artists Karel Maes, Jozef Peeters, and Peter László Péri. Two of these prints appeared in the context of Ernő (Ernst) Kállai&
View fullsize In March 1967, American Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) gave an Easter Concert at Lincoln Center. For the occasion, Milton Glaser (1929–2020), one of the most influential American designers of the second half of the twentieth ce
View fullsize Filippo Masoero (Italian, 1894-1969) Untitled (Women working in the Caproni Airplane factory), c. 1932 Gelatin silver print, 12 x 14 7/8” (30.5 x 37.8 cm) #filippomasoero #italianfuturist #photomontage #photography #merrillcberman
View fullsize Today we had the pleasure of spreading out our works by Valentina Kulagina (Russian, 1902–1987) for viewing in the office. Please see our link in bio for the Kulagina artist’s page on our website, which provides a biographical timeline an
View fullsize Today we share a Collection Overview. The “About Us” section of our website now includes a document summarizing our holdings. Please see our link in bio for the PDF. #aboutus #collectionoverview #merrillcberman
View fullsize This week, we were happy to host two friends from the UK in the office. Pictured left to right is Sophie Churcher, Merrill of course, and Nicolette Tomkinson. Nicolette and Sophie are vintage poster specialists and the Directors of Tomkinson Churcher
View fullsize Bertold Brecht’s play Mann ist Mann (Man Equals Man) of 1926 explored the social factors contributing to the transformation of Galy Gay, an Irishman living in a fictional British colony, from an ordinary civilian to an effective soldier. Inspir
View fullsize Today we share Iakov Chernikhov (Russian, born in Pavlograd, Ukraine. 1889–1951). With his visionary architectural drawings, prolific writing on architectural design theory, and teaching, Iakov (Yakov) Chernikhov (Tchernikov) embodied the many
View fullsize Henryk Tomaszewski (Polish, 1914-2005) Romulus Wielki (Romulus the Great), 1959 Lithograph, 33 1/2 x 23” (85.1 x 58.4 cm) #tomaszewski #henryktomaszewski #polishposterdesign #friedrichdürrenmatt #merrillcberman
View fullsize Augustin Tschinkel (Czech, 1905–1983) was a discreet member of the avant-garde. He was neither a painter nor an individualist. By contrast, his radicalism was found precisely in his rejection of such artistic norms. He was a joiner, a collabora

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