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Antiquarian book dealers are as important a resource for design historians (and history buffs) as research libraries and archives. Knowledgeable dealers are essential to scholarship. So, from time to time I will showcase antiquarians that focus on the design fields. In this installment, meet Vloemans Antiquarian Books in The Hague (top and below) and Productive Arts in Cleveland, Ohio (middle and bottom).
Vloemans Antiquarian Books, founded in 1932, are specialists in books, periodicals, and documents on the Bauhaus, Constructivism, Dada, De Stijl, Functionalism, Futurism,
Modernism, Poetism, Surrealism, Typography, the Czech and Romanian avant-garde movements, and more, including Berlewi, Brancusi, Doesburg,
Huszar, Janco, Kassak, Lissitzky, Man Ray, Marinetti, Moholy-Nagy,
Schuitema, Schwitters, Styrsky, Teige, Toyen, and Zwart.
Modernism, Poetism, Surrealism, Typography, the Czech and Romanian avant-garde movements, and more, including Berlewi, Brancusi, Doesburg,
Huszar, Janco, Kassak, Lissitzky, Man Ray, Marinetti, Moholy-Nagy,
Schuitema, Schwitters, Styrsky, Teige, Toyen, and Zwart.
Productive Arts features Russian and Soviet art and photo related
books, magazines, publications, posters, and ephemera from before the revolution through the Constructivist period and Socialist Realism. They feature graphics designed by Tatlin, Rodchenko, Stepanova, Malevich, Lissitzky, Klutsis, Stenberg Brothers, Naumov,
Deineka, Troshin, Pinus, Pimenov, Lebedev, Dlugach, and Konashevich.
books, magazines, publications, posters, and ephemera from before the revolution through the Constructivist period and Socialist Realism. They feature graphics designed by Tatlin, Rodchenko, Stepanova, Malevich, Lissitzky, Klutsis, Stenberg Brothers, Naumov,
Deineka, Troshin, Pinus, Pimenov, Lebedev, Dlugach, and Konashevich.
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