Slide Show: Midcentury Design Exhibits at Nordic Heritage and BAM

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SLIDESHOW: A look at the work of two midcentury marvels currently being touted by area museums. Here, George Nelson’s , Bubble Lamps c. 1952. Nelson’s work is shown at BAM.

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George Nelson, Ball Clock, 1948

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George Nelson, American National Exhibition, Moscow, 1959

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Josef Frank, Armchair with Mirakel, textile designed c. late 1920s, armchair designed c. 1934, produced c. 2010

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Josef Frank, Master drawing of Vegetable Tree,designed 1943-44, paper, pencil, watercolor, gouache

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