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Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.

♂  American, 1910–1989

Edgar worked at MoMA from about 1941 to 1955 as Curator, Arranger and Competition Judge , and he was head of the Department of Industrial Design from 1946–1949 .

14 exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS BY YEAR
Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition Organic Design in Home Furnishings

24 September to 9 November 1941

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Marcel Breuer, Edward Durell Stone and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., among others, were involved.

Arranger
Photo of the exhibition Design Trends in Unit Furniture, Fabric and Tableware

6 September to 17 November 1946

Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Dunbar Furniture Manufacturing Corp., Berne, IN, Edward Wormley and Dorothy Liebes, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Useful Objects

26 November 1946 to 26 January 1947

Victor D'Amico, Corning Glass Works, Knoll Associates, New York, NY and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition 100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

16 September 1947 to 25 January 1948

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Charles Eames, Alvar Aalto and Corning Glass Works, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Lamb Wedge Lock Handle

2 March to 16 May 1948

Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. and Thomas Lamb were involved.

Curator
Penthouse Furniture Exhibition

4–10 October 1948

Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. was involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition Polio Poster Competition

31 October to 20 November 1949

Edward Steichen, Ben Shahn, Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Philip Johnson, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Prize Designs for Modern Furniture

16 May to 16 July 1950

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames and René d'Harnoncourt, among others, were involved.

Competition Judge
Photo of the exhibition Good Design

21 November 1950 to 28 January 1951

Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Alvar Aalto and Edward Durell Stone, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Good Design

27 November 1951 to 27 January 1952

Philip Johnson, Saul Steinberg, Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Good Design

23 September to 30 November 1952

Charles Eames, Edward Durell Stone, Knoll Associates, New York, NY and Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, MI, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Good Design

22 September to 29 November 1953

Charles Eames, Corning Glass Works, Knoll Associates, New York, NY and Herman Miller Furniture Co., Zeeland, MI, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Good Design: 5th Anniversary

8 February to 20 March 1955

Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Philip Johnson, Charles Eames and René d'Harnoncourt, among others, were involved.

Curator
Photo of the exhibition Textiles and Ornamental Arts in India

11 April to 25 September 1955

Monroe Wheeler, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. and Alexander Girard were involved.