Hue cum of Modern Art 780 Fifth AVenuC NOW York city

For releeae Sunday. Jan. «4

A group of prominent American arohitoota including Raymond Hood

of Vow York, Froak Lloyd right of Spring Orson, Wig. and Mono & Lsseaxe

of How York, wi l l ahow apcelal aodela illuetrating developments In modern

arohiteoture at a public exhibition l a tbo imacum of Modern art , 790 Fifth

Avenue, on Fobruary 10th.

European architects have also doalgnod modole for thla exhibition*

Theae arohitoota Ineluda Lo Coronal or of Pan a, J. J. P* Oud of Holland,

and Otto Haesler, Waltar Oroplna and Mies Tan dor Roho, a l l of Germany.

A complete Hat of American arohitoota represented by models wi l l

Include Boaaan Brothers of ohloago and Blehard Hontra of too Angeles,

Arohitootural circles wi l l bo musl lntoroatod In thla oxhibltlon

whloh la at tho f lrat international ahow of ita kind over prepared. The

Museum of Modern Art has announced that at tho oloao of tho ahow on liaroh SB

sard, tho exhibition wi l l note a throe year tour of the united s tates .

The Itinerary laoludea oltioa from ooaat to ooaat and ttnivoraitya Art Museums

throughout the country.

tho epeolally prepared models w i l l give a gllapae of tho lateat

developments in American and European arohiteoture and wi l l be prophet!o

Of the trend of tho development of the olt ioa of the future, Each modal

will be aooompanled by enlarged plana and In aome oaaea by. apoolal renderings*

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three by aim foot,wil l ahow oomplated work of prominent arohitoota through­

out the world* One room will be devoted to photographa i l lustrating the

International eoope of modern arohiteoture. Among the countriea represented»

In addition to thoao already mentioned, ares Switzerland, Russia, Austria,

Cieehoalovakla, Sweden, Finland, Japan, England, Norway, Spain, Italy and

Belgium*

Ifir. PhlUp Johnson of Cleveland haa bean appointed apoolal director

of the Exhibition. Commenting on tho International and national of thla exhibition

algnlfloaneo/Kr. Johnson aaldt

"There exists in the Important oountriea of the world today a new

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-a-arohigeoture. The reality of the •International stylo1 Has not yet boon

brought bono to the general public in America. This 14 duo partly to i t s

newness. Also booauao of ita international ©heraoter, fan pereona have bad

the opportunity of gaining a oompreheaaive vie* of tho atylo in ita

entirely*

"The International Stylo ia probably the flxat fundamentally

original and widely diatrlbuted atylo ainoe the Gothio. Today the atylo

baa paaaod beyond the experimental stage. In almost every civi l ized n n

eountry In tho world i t la reaohing Ita fu l l at ride*

"It la elgnlfloamt* that many of the elements of the International

s tyle had their origin In Aaorioa an the amaaing and revolutionary work of

Frank Lloyd Wright* It was in America and by Americana that the true

modern arohiteoture of today waa given the impetus whioh atarted It on

the way to Ite preeent well-advanced stage of development• *

the Arohiteotural exhibition haa been in preparation alaoe Deoember

1930, under the guldanoe of Mr* Johnson, *Ua ia a member of the Museum*a

adviaory committee. During the summer, Mr* Johnson waa in Europe to

complete arrangementa for the eonatruetloa of the uropoan models. An important eduoatlonal feature of the exhibition wi l l be a

epeolally prepared eatalogue, giving the f lrat oomprehenaive aurvpy of the

worka of modern arehlteeta together tilth hiatorloal and erl t loal comment.

Among the oontributora to the oatalogue are Professor Henry-Hues e l l

Hitohooek, of Wealayan University, Mr* Johnaon, Alfred H. 3arr, Jr . ,

direetor of the Museum of Modern Art, and Lewis Mumfozd. Mr. Mumford

la writing a aurvey of housing problema and their aolutlon from an

international a tend point* on the Itinerary at present are the following: Pennsylvania Art

Museum, Philadelphia; Wadaworth Atheneum, Hartford, conn.; gallery of

Bullook'a wllahlre, Los Angeles; Buffalo Fine Arte Aoadamy; Cleveland Muaeum

of Arts Milwaukee Art Institute; Cincinnati Art Muaeu*; Rochester Memorial

Art Gallery; Carnegie Institute, Pittaburgh; Toledo Muaeum of Art; Fogg

a Art Muaeum, Cambridge, Haaa.; Art Museum, woroeater, Mass.; end Art

Institute of Omaha*

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