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1928

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1929

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2025

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Journal, Výtvarné snahy (Art endeavors), 1928-1929

This is a Journal.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It has been able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.

It is dated 1928–1929. Its medium is offset lithograph.

Sutnar was art editor of the Prague publishing house Drustevní Prace [Cooperative Works] from 1929 to 1939. These covers for a modern Czech art magazine use basic geometric shapes and typographic elements in an abstract manner, reflecting the influence of the international Constructivist movement.

It is credited Purchased by the Margery F. Masinter Endowment for the National Design Library, Smithsonian Design Library.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 17.2 × 24.6 cm (6 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.)

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