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The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 04, Spring 1987

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Content includes:
The Search for Visual Democracy – Isabelle Anscombe
New Classicism: Design of the 1920s in Denmark – Claire Selkurt
Oto Gutfreund and the Czech National Decorative Style – Penelope Curtis
Joe Jones: Regionalist, Communist, Capitalist – Karal Ann Marling
DAPA Duoview: Dianne Pilgrim and Richard Guy Wilson – DAPA, Dianne Pilgrim and Richard Guy Wilson
Rome Letter from Exoticism to Abstraction through the 1930s – Mario Quesada and Shara Wasserman
London Letter – Peyton Skipwith
Correction: Interview: Piero Fornasetti/Intervista: Piero Fornasetti

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1987
  • Client/Publisher: The Wolfsonian
  • Size: 184mm x 254mm

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The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 04, Spring 1987
The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 04, Spring 1987
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