Jindrich Toman
The Czech Avant-garde Book

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Series Title:  Graphic Modernism Lecture Series

South Court Auditorium, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788 (directions)

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The author of Czech Cubism and the Book (Prague, 2004), Jindrich Toman specializes in modernist book design in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s. In this lecture he provides a basic introduction to Czech avant-garde design of the interwar period.

Related Exhibition:  Graphic Modernism from the Baltic to the Balkans, 1910-1935

Cost:  FREE

Program Information:
Celeste Bartos Education Center
These programs are free and open to the public, and are presented in the Library's South Court (enter from Astor Hall). Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Rooms will be opened 10 minutes prior to the class beginning. For questions, send an e-mail to SouthCourt@nypl.org or call (212) 930-9284.