Moderne Kunst
Gerard Baksteen
Dutch, 1887–1976
c. 1930
A lithographic poster promoting a 'Moderne Kunst' exhibition that uses bold geometric forms and high-contrast color to announce modern art to a public audience.
You’re struck by an enormous, angular blue form that dominates the page like a folded architectural letter, punctuated by bright orange accents and layered gray shadows that make type and shape interlock.
It embodies interwar modernist graphic design, showing how typography and abstraction were combined to advertise avant-garde culture and helped define the visual vocabulary of 20th‑century poster art.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
38 1/4 x 29" (97.2 x 73.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund
Accession
264.1986
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
