Blok no. 6-7
1924 · Letterpress
13 1/2 × 9 3/4" (34.3 × 24.8 cm)
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Mieczysław Szczuka
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Constructivism in Poland, 1923�1936
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Mieczysław Szczuka was a Polish graphic designer and typographer whose radical modernist approach emerged from the Polish avant-garde in the 1920s. Working primarily in typography, photomontage, and graphic design, he synthesized Constructivist principles with a distinctly Polish sensibility during the interwar period. His practice encompassed poster design, book covers, and experimental layouts that rejected ornament in favor of geometric precision and bold sans-serif letterforms. Szczuka died in 1927 at age 29, leaving a compact but influential body of work that shaped Polish graphic modernism.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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