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SALE: Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980

SALE: Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980

$32.50 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890–1980 is the first exhibition to examine the extensive design exchanges between the United States and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) during the 20th century. Serving as a corrective to the dominant narrative of central European émigrés shaping modern American design culture, the exhibition will present a new international story, featuring accounts of Scandinavian designers who immigrated to the United States; Americans who…