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Modern Art in Your Life : exhibition catalogue : Robert Goldwater and René d'Harnoncourt : Museum of Modern Art, New York : 1953 : cover by Paul Rand

The cover to an exhibition catalogue/catalog produced by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in conjunction with an exhibition that looked at the influence of modern art on the shape and appearance of 'countless objects of our every day environment'. This exhibition built on the 1949 twentieth anniversary of the Museum when two exhibitions, "Timeless Aspects of Modern Art" and Modern Art in Your Life" that had been celebrated in the 1950 publication "Modern Art Old and New".

 

The stylish cover, showing a dining fork, an artist's palette board as a plate and a paint brush as a knife, is by noted American designer and art director Paul Rand (1894 - 1996) whose work included several iconic logotypes and symbols for companies including IBM and Westinghouse.

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Uploaded on November 24, 2025