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Prize Designs for Modern Furniture

SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0212·Graphic design object·1950·United States

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Alt text: Prize Designs for Modern Furniture. Graphic design object, 1950, United States, Museum of Modern Art American, founded 1929 Written by Edgar Kaufmann. — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioMuseum of Modern Art American, founded 1929 Written by Edgar Kaufmann

Date1950

Year1950

PlaceUnited States

Object typeGraphic design object

ThemeModern typography and layout

MovementBauhaus / New Typography first-ingest network

05Source · Citation · Provenance

Source

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Source institution: Art Institute of Chicago API
Original record: Prize Designs for Modern Furniture Open
Access: Captured 2026-07-31 · frozen snapshot at acquisition

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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “Prize Designs for Modern Furniture”, Museum of Modern Art American, founded 1929 Written by Edgar Kaufmann, 1950. United States. Graphic design object. Record SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0212. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-HISTORICALAICTRACE2026V1R0212

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Provenance

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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