DescriptionDuring the 1920s and 1930s the skyscraper became a potent and uniquely American symbol of modernity. The ultimate attribute of success was a penthouse apartment in Manhattan and the jagged outline of the New York skyline was recognizable worldwide. It suggested strength, daring, faith in the future, and rejection of the constraints of the past. Artists and designers of the period seized upon the image and utilized it not only in paintings and sculpture but also in everything from furniture to fabrics.

Highlights from the Modern Design Collection, 2009

Selected Exhibition HistoryNewport Beach, California: Orange County Museum of Art, May 25 - August 19, 2001. Flint, Michigan: Flint Institute of Arts, September 14 - December 16, 2001. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, January 11 - April 7, 2002. Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum of Craft & Design, May 3 - July 28, 2002. Tulsa, Oklahoma: The Philbrook Museum of Art, Inc August 23 - November 17, 2002. American Modern.