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View fullsize For Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (Dutch, 1882–1945), the materials of the printing press—the ink, the paper, the marks of the press—were not only his means but his message. Unlike his countryman and contemporary Theo van Doesburg (Dutch
View fullsize Happy Halloween from the Merrill C. Berman Collection! Pictured is Kat dressed as Tadanori Yokoo referencing two posters by the designer.  ▪ Tadanori Yokoo Poster: Made in Japan, Tadanori Yokoo, Having Reached A Climax at the age of 29, I was d
View fullsize Lester Beall (1903–1969) stands out among early Twentieth Century American designers for incorporating bold European avant-garde design strategies in his work. His powerful poster campaigns for the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) est
View fullsize My collection has long focused on process; on matching maquettes with proofs and final printed matter. Today we are sharing two such iterative pairings by the brothers Nikolai Ushin (Russian, 1898-1942) and Aleksei Ushin (Russian, 1904–1942).
View fullsize We are inspired to highlight this selection of postcards by the recent opening of the beautiful, scholarly exhibition Art Deco City: New York Postcards from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection, @museumofcityny (September 27, 2024–February 17, 2025
View fullsize Lois Mailou Jones (American, 1905–1998) was a prominent artist and educator, who worked across mediums: from costume and textile design, to oil and watercolor painting, and collage. She was influenced by the Harlem Renaissance and her extensive
View fullsize This week we are highlighting the many collection publications accessible on our website. Since 2014, we have self-published over thirty volumes highlighting discrete areas of the collection. Since 2020, we have offered these educational volumes free
View fullsize Vsevolod Meyerhold (Russian, 1874–1940) launched his theater career in 1897 at the Moscow Art Theater. He broke early with the prevailing psychological realism that itself expressed a revolt against previous academic stage conventions. In 1920,
View fullsize Lunch time at the office! Kat was in good company with Hungarian Modiano posters of the 1920s by Sándor (Alexander) Bortnyik & Andreas Farkas. #sandorbortnyik #modiano #bortnyik #andreasfarkas #hungarianposter #hungariandesign #posterdesi
View fullsize In the spirit of fall, the resumption of serious work, and the start of a new term, we are proud to announce the publication of Alla Rosenfeld’s magisterial book Russian and Soviet Theater, Opera, Variety Show, and Dance: Works in the Merrill C
View fullsize We recently hosted a class of some twenty undergraduate and graduate students from the Institut für Kunstgeschichte und Archäologien Europas, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. The theme was American public and privat
View fullsize Born to a Hasidic family near Łódz (now Poland), Jankel Adler (Polish, 1895–1949) was a founding member of the Yung-Yidish (Young Yiddish) group of painters and writers. He moved to Berlin in 1920 and settled in Dresden in 1922. Between
View fullsize 2/2 posts László Moholy-Nagy: Beyond the Bauhaus, continued. 1▪Cover (by Jan Tschichold) and spread from Franz Roh, series editor, L. Moholy-Nagy: 60 Photos. Fototek, no. 1 (Berlin: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1930). Lithograph, 9 7/8 x 6
View fullsize 1/2 posts Previously, we have featured Moholy’s work during his five critical years at the Bauhaus (1923–1928) in our publication Bauhaus in the Merrill C. Berman Collection and in our newsletter Bauhaus Portfolio for Fritz Hesse, Mayor o
View fullsize Behind the scenes at team MCB! Recently Merrill (left) and Robert Gorman (right) spent some time in our vault, looking through tubes and organizing the collection. Now to catalog what’s inside… #behindthescenes #artstorage #artcollector
View fullsize This issue of Research focuses on Otto Dix’s portrait of fellow artist Jankel Adler. According to James A. van Dyke, the author of the essay, the painting is “less studied than Dix’s more ambitious, more prominently located, and mor
View fullsize 3/3 posts Posters and Catalogues for Landmark German and Swiss Exhibitions, 1927–1945, continued. SWITZERLAND 1▪ Zeitprobleme in der Schweizer Malerei und Plastik (Contemporary Problems in Swiss Painting and Sculpture), Kunsthaus Zürich (
View fullsize 2/3 posts Posters and Catalogues for Landmark German and Swiss Exhibitions, 1927–1945, continued. GERMANY 1▪ Die Sport Ausstellung (The Sport Exhibition), Ausstellungshallen am Adolf-Mittag-See, Magdeburg (September 25–October 13, 1929)
View fullsize 1/3 posts Inspired by the recent acquisition of exhibition catalogues by Jan Tschichold and Max Bill, which pair with posters long in the collection, we share with you today a selection of poster-catalogue pairings published to promote and document l
View fullsize In 1988, Superman turned fifty. The National Museum of American History, @smithsonian, marked the occasion with the exhibition Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds (June 24, 1987–September 1, 1988). Milton Glaser (American, 1929–2020), who h

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