Exploring the world of chromolithographed tin boxes--usually decorated for advertising purposes--is like taking a journey to a different time and place, where even simple, everyday objects were adorned with endless variety, imagination and creativity.
Italian Tin Boxes: 1885-1950 traces the history of this humble, fascinating object in Italy from its origins through its heyday, surveying a selection of more than 500 boxes produced between the late 19th century and the early postwar period.
The tin box marshaled the talents of anonymous designers and...
Exploring the world of chromolithographed tin boxes--usually decorated for advertising purposes--is like taking a journey to a different ti...
Eve Arnold (1912-2012) was not only the first woman to become associated with Magnum Photos, but also one of the major photographers of the twentieth century. Throughout her long career, she photographed celebrities and Hollywood stars at the height of glamour--such as Marilyn Monroe (a close friend of Arnold's), Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlene Dietrich--as well as the poor and dispossessed. Her work was sought out by presidents, royalty and political activists: Malcolm X personally asked Eve Arnold to document his fight against racism. For her international work, which took her...
Eve Arnold (1912-2012) was not only the first woman to become associated with Magnum Photos, but also one of the major photographers of the twentieth ...
