The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, 6 Volume 5, December 1938, Bauhaus Exhibition by McAndrew, John - 1938

New York: MoMA, 1938. Pamphlet. VG with only a hint of shelf wear to covers; clean and tight contents.. White stapled wraps with bw cover photo. [8] pp. with bw images throughout. Published as the MoMA Bulletin to coincide with the legendary Bauhaus exhibition of 1938. The cover design and typography are by Herbert Bayer, and the introduction is by John McAndrew, Curator of Archtecture and Industrial Art. Photography for the issue by Sunami, Bayer, and Newhall, with a photo of Bayer at the exhibition. From the MoMA web site: "In 1938 MoMA issued a press memo informing New York City editors that on December 7, the Museum would open "what will probably be considered its most unusual exhibition-and certainly one of its largest." That exhibition was Bauhaus: 1919-1928, an expansive survey dedicated to this incomparably influential German school of art and design. On display were nearly 700 examples of the school's output, including works of textile, glass, wood, canvas, metal, and paper. It was a celebration of the remarkable creativity and productivity of the Bauhaus, which had been forced to close under pressure from the Nazi Party just five years prior. The size and scope of this tribute indicated the importance of the Bauhaus to MoMA's development: the school had served as a model for the Museum's multi-departmental structure, and inspired its multidisciplinary presentation of photography, architecture, painting, graphic design, and theater." There was a full-scale catalogue published for the exhibition as well. This particular edition of the Bulletin is very scarce.