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"Exploring the Modernist Marvels: From the Guggenheim Museum in New York City to Buenos Aires' Kavanagh Building" Step into a world where architecture becomes art

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House Interiors, Sneyd Park, Bristol

Modernist House Interiors, Sneyd Park, Bristol
Some photographs of a modernist house interior, at Sneyd Park, Bristol, designed in 1936 by architect Hartland Thomas. Images include a living room and dining room. Date: circa 1937

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House Interior, Downshire Hill, Hampstead

Modernist House Interior, Downshire Hill, Hampstead
Some photographs of a modernist house interior, at Downshire Hill, Hampstead, designed in 1936 by architects Michael John Hewetson Bunney and Charlotte Bunney

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House, Downshire Hill, Hampstead

Modernist House, Downshire Hill, Hampstead
A pair of photographs showing the doorway and exterior view of a modernist house at Downshire Hill, Hampstead, designed in 1936 by architects Michael John Hewetson Bunney and Charlotte Bunney

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist Cottage Blocks, Dartington Hall, Devon

Modernist Cottage Blocks, Dartington Hall, Devon
This photograph shows a view of a block of three modernist cottages situated at Totnes, Devon in the Dartington Hall Estate, at a section named The Warren, designed in 1935

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist Cottage, Dartington Hall, Devon

Modernist Cottage, Dartington Hall, Devon
A photograph of a modernist cottage situated at Totnes, Devon in the Dartington Hall Estate, at a section named The Warren, designed in 1935, by architect William Edmond Lescaze. Date: circa 1937

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Hook Green, Meopham, Kent

Modernist House At Hook Green, Meopham, Kent
A photograph of a modernist house located at Hook Green, Meopham, Kent, designed in 1936 by architect Marjorie Tall, with local regency tendencies taken into consideration. Date: circa 1937

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House In Dartington Hall, Devon

Modernist House In Dartington Hall, Devon
A photograph of a modernist house situated at Totnes, Devon in the Dartington Hall Estate, designed in 1936, by architects William Edmond Lescaze and Robert Hening

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Moor Lane, Crosby, Liverpool

Modernist House At Moor Lane, Crosby, Liverpool
A photograph of a speculatively built modernist semi-detached house at Moor Lane, Crosby, a residential suburb of Liverpool, designed in 1936 by architects Gordon Stephenson and D. W. Aldred

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Frinton-On-Sea

Modernist House At Frinton-On-Sea
A photograph of a cement render and distimper finished modernist house, one of twenty speculatively built seaside houses to form a large development at Frinton-On-Sea, Essex, designed in 1935

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Wimbledon

Modernist House At Wimbledon
A photograph of a modernist house located at Wimbledon, designed in 1935 by architects Rose Elisabeth Benjamin and Eugen Carl Kaufmann

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Wimbledon & Living Room

Modernist House At Wimbledon & Living Room
A pair of photographs showing the exterior and interior living room of a modernist house located in Wimbledon, designed in 1935 by architects Rose Elisabeth Benjamin and Eugen Carl Kaufmann

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Gidea Park

Modernist House At Gidea Park
A photograph of a modernist house built at the Modern Homes Exhibition on the Gidea Park Estate, designed in 1934 by architects Francis Reginald Stevens Yorke

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Garden Side

Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Garden Side
A photograph of a white rendered modernist house from the garden side, in Church Street, Chelsea, designed in 1936, by architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Ivan Chermayeff

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Balcony

Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Balcony
An artistic architectural photograph showing a view looking up to the curved hand rails and balconies of a modernist house situated in Church Street, Chelsea, designed in 1936

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Interior

Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea, Interior
An interior photograph of a staircase in a hallway to a modernist house situated in Church Street, Chelsea, designed in 1936, by architects Walter Adolph Georg Gropius and Edwin Maxwell Fry

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House Interior At Tewin, Hertfordshire

Modernist House Interior At Tewin, Hertfordshire
A photograph showing the interior of a group of modernist houses at Tewin, Hertfordshire, designed in 1936, by architect Mary B. Crowley

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea

Modernist House In Church Street, Chelsea
A photograph of a modernist house situated in Church Street, Chelsea, designed in 1936, by architects Walter Adolph Georg Gropius and Edwin Maxwell Fry

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Tewin, Hertfordshire

Modernist House At Tewin, Hertfordshire
A photograph showing one of a group of modernist houses at Tewin, Hertfordshire, designed in 1936, by architect Mary B. Crowley

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist Group Of Houses, Tewin, Hertfordshire

Modernist Group Of Houses, Tewin, Hertfordshire
A photograph showing a group of modernist houses at Tewin, Hertfordshire, designed in 1936, by architect Mary B. Crowley, with walls in brick and a timber roof with blue Staffordshire pantiles

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Jordans, Bucks

Modernist House At Jordans, Bucks
A photograph of the entrance elevation of a flat roofed Modernist house situated on a hill at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, with a balcony and external staircase

Background imageModernist Collection: Modernist House At Jordans, Bucks, South Elevation

Modernist House At Jordans, Bucks, South Elevation
A photograph of the south elevation of a flat roofed house situated on a hill at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, with a balcony and external staircase, designed by architect Colin Rosser Crickmay

Background imageModernist Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 1

Everybody's Underground Part 1
Part one of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageModernist Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 3

Everybody's Underground Part 3
Part three of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageModernist Collection: Everybody's Underground Part 2

Everybody's Underground Part 2
Part two of a set of three Everyone's Underground posters designed by Aubrey Hammond. One of the most remarkable poster groups ever issued by London Transport

Background imageModernist Collection: New Buildings: a Yacht Club and a Car Park

New Buildings: a Yacht Club and a Car Park
Two examples of recent modern buildings. A clubhouse for the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club at Burnham-on-Crouch. And an underground car park at Hastings, capable of holding up to 1000 cars

Background imageModernist Collection: Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet

Samuel Beckett, Irish playwright, novelist and poet
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), Irish avant-garde playwright, novelist and poet. Photographed in the year he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: 1969

Background imageModernist Collection: The entrance front, Charters, from The English Country House (b/w photo) (see also 306392)

The entrance front, Charters, from The English Country House (b/w photo) (see also 306392)
CLF306318 The entrance front, Charters, from The English Country House (b/w photo) (see also 306392) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: designed 1936 for Frank Parkinson by H.G)

Background imageModernist Collection: Woman and Suspended Man, 1939 (oil on canvas)

Woman and Suspended Man, 1939 (oil on canvas)
5897184 Woman and Suspended Man, 1939 (oil on canvas) by Haile, Samuel (1909-48); 79x53 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Surreal figure composition of a large)

Background imageModernist Collection: Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood)

Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood)
2962612 Giraffe Cabinet, 1915-16 (wood) by Fry, Roger Eliot (1866-1934); 214x116 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Made by John Joseph Kallenborn (1866-1934)); © Manchester Art Gallery

Background imageModernist Collection: Gallery exterior, built 1936-39 (photo)

Gallery exterior, built 1936-39 (photo)
BI148397 Gallery exterior, built 1936-39 (photo) by Atkinson, Robert (1883-1952); The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Background imageModernist Collection: Portrait of Ungaretti, 1930 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Ungaretti, 1930 (oil on canvas)
862886 Portrait of Ungaretti, 1930 (oil on canvas) by Bonichi, Scipione Gino (1904-33); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio

Background imageModernist Collection: Canal with Organ (oil on canvas)

Canal with Organ (oil on canvas)
1562551 Canal with Organ (oil on canvas) by Kuyten, Harry or Harrie (1883-1952); 111x131 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Heerengracht met draaiorgel); Photo © Christie's Images

Background imageModernist Collection: Amedeo Modigliani in his workshop at the Bateau-Lavoir in Paris, 1915-16 (b/w photo)

Amedeo Modigliani in his workshop at the Bateau-Lavoir in Paris, 1915-16 (b/w photo)
1698969 Amedeo Modigliani in his workshop at the Bateau-Lavoir in Paris, 1915-16 (b/w photo) by Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920); (add.info.: Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (Italian pronunciation)

Background imageModernist Collection: The Lost Felice, c. 1939 (oil on canvas)

The Lost Felice, c. 1939 (oil on canvas)
3588519 The Lost Felice, c.1939 (oil on canvas) by Hartley, Marsden (1877-1943); 101.9x76.7 cm; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Background imageModernist Collection: Cover design for L Homme et Son Desir by Paul Claudel, 1917 (colour litho)

Cover design for L Homme et Son Desir by Paul Claudel, 1917 (colour litho)
498800 Cover design for L Homme et Son Desir by Paul Claudel, 1917 (colour litho) by Parr, Audrey (1892-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Collaboration for a ballet with choreography by Claudel)

Background imageModernist Collection: DDE-90035456

DDE-90035456
Spain, Asturias Region, Asturias Province, Aviles, steel mill smokestacks, dusk Date: 30/07/2008

Background imageModernist Collection: DDE-90035457

DDE-90035457
Spain, Asturias Region, Asturias Province, Aviles, industrial port cranes, dusk Date: 30/07/2008

Background imageModernist Collection: Flowers and Foliage, published c. 1925 (colour litho)

Flowers and Foliage, published c. 1925 (colour litho)
STC404356 Flowers and Foliage, published c.1925 (colour litho) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bouquets et Frondaisons)

Background imageModernist Collection: Plate 20, from Prismes, 1930 (colour litho)

Plate 20, from Prismes, 1930 (colour litho)
STC439559 Plate 20, from Prismes, 1930 (colour litho) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Background imageModernist Collection: Pine Tree, 1931 (oil on canvas)

Pine Tree, 1931 (oil on canvas)
500165 Pine Tree, 1931 (oil on canvas) by Dove, Arthur Garfield (1880-1946); 90.17x116.84 (framed) 76.4x101.6 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Background imageModernist Collection: Design from New Floral Designs and Colours, published 1925 (colour litho)

Design from New Floral Designs and Colours, published 1925 (colour litho)
STC404361 Design from New Floral Designs and Colours, published 1925 (colour litho) by Seguy, Emile-Allain (1877-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Floreal)

Background imageModernist Collection: Glasses, cutlery and tableware, from Repertoire of Modern Taste, published 1920s (colour litho)

Glasses, cutlery and tableware, from Repertoire of Modern Taste, published 1920s (colour litho)
STC404323 Glasses, cutlery and tableware, from Repertoire of Modern Taste, published 1920s (colour litho) by Matet, Maurice (b.1903); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageModernist Collection: Design for a ladys sitting room, from Moderne Bauformen, 1909 (colour litho)

Design for a ladys sitting room, from Moderne Bauformen, 1909 (colour litho)
STC439667 Design for a ladys sitting room, from Moderne Bauformen, 1909 (colour litho) by Saarinen, Eliel (1873-1950); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageModernist Collection: Above, German and Viennese photography, March, 1906, and below, Detail: Picasso-Braque exhibition

Above, German and Viennese photography, March, 1906, and below, Detail: Picasso-Braque exhibition, January
3744650 Above, German and Viennese photography, March, 1906, and below, Detail: Picasso-Braque exhibition, January, 1915 (b/w photo) by Stieglitz

Background imageModernist Collection: MB130 Coffee table, c. 1923-25 (amaranth) (see also 2650226-7)

MB130 Coffee table, c. 1923-25 (amaranth) (see also 2650226-7)
2650228 MB130 Coffee table, c.1923-25 (amaranth) (see also 2650226-7) by Chareau, Pierre (1883-1950); 54.5x68x50 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

Background imageModernist Collection: MS1009 dressing table and matching SN1 stool, fitted with sliding mirror, c

MS1009 dressing table and matching SN1 stool, fitted with sliding mirror, c
2647646 MS1009 dressing table and matching SN1 stool, fitted with sliding mirror, c.1926-27 (sycamore, sapelli & sycamore veneer, patinated iron and glass) by Chareau

Background imageModernist Collection: Table basse MB106, c. 1924 (mahogany) (see also 2657719)

Table basse MB106, c. 1924 (mahogany) (see also 2657719)
2657718 Table basse MB106, c.1924 (mahogany) (see also 2657719) by Chareau, Pierre (1883-1950); 55.5x61.5x38 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageModernist Collection: Pair of MF172 armchairs, c. 1920 (sycamore & canvas)

Pair of MF172 armchairs, c. 1920 (sycamore & canvas)
2654176 Pair of MF172 armchairs, c.1920 (sycamore & canvas) by Chareau, Pierre (1883-1950); 65x77x56 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images; French, out of copyright



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"Exploring the Modernist Marvels: From the Guggenheim Museum in New York City to Buenos Aires' Kavanagh Building" Step into a world where architecture becomes art, as we delve into the realm design. The iconic Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York City, stands tall as a testament to this avant-garde movement. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, its spiraling structure challenges traditional norms and invites visitors to experience art in a whole new way. Venturing beyond American shores, we find ourselves captivated by the Clipstone Colliery DP137964. This industrial marvel showcases how even functional spaces can embrace modernist aesthetics with its clean lines and geometric forms. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Kavanagh Building proudly displays its Art Deco Pavilion façade. A symbol of elegance and sophistication, it perfectly encapsulates the spirit of modernism while adding a touch of Argentine charm. Meanwhile, across continents in Holland-On-Sea lies an exquisite Modernist House that seamlessly blends nature with contemporary design. Its minimalist approach creates harmony between man-made structures and their surroundings. Returning to the Big Apple's vibrant streetscape is another glimpse at the Guggenheim Museum's striking presence. Its fusion of form and function continues to inspire awe among both locals and tourists alike. Traveling back through time reveals Le Frisson Nouveau - an alluring tango dress illustrated by Czech artist Ludvik Strimpl for Gazette du Bon Ton magazine during Paris' fashion heyday from 1912-1925. This captivating piece exemplifies how modernism transcended architectural boundaries and influenced various artistic disciplines. Shifting gears towards residential spaces brings us to Southgate Estate in Runcorn circa 1977 – housing units that epitomize practicality without compromising style or innovation.