Piet Zwart
- Introduction
- Piet Zwart (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpit ˈsʋɑrt]; 28 May 1885 – 24 September 1977) was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer.
- Wikidata
- Q529366
- Introduction
- Zwart worked as an assistant architect in Voorburg from 1919 to 1921, and in The Hague, Netherlands, from 1921 to 1927. In 1923, Zwart began experimenting with photograms and in 1926, he was introduced to photomontage by the artist and photographer El Lissitzky (1890-1941). From 1928, Zwart worked as a freelance photographer and graphic designer in Delft, Rotterdam and The Hague, Netherlands.
- Nationalities
- Dutch, Netherlandish
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect, Designer, Teacher, Typographer, Furniture Designer, Graphic Designer, Industrial Designer, Interior Designer, Photographer
- Names
- Piet Zwart, Pieter Zwart
- Ulan
- 500006911
Exhibitions
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Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented
Through Apr 10
MoMA
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513: Design for Modern Life
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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The New Typography
Dec 23, 2009–Jul 25, 2010
MoMA
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Architecture and Design: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Nov 7, 2005
MoMA
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Piet Zwart has
10 exhibitionsonline.
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart letterhead (Letter to Eisler) 1921
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Piet Zwart Xylos Compagnie letterhead (Letter to Zwart) 1921
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Piet Zwart Jan Wils stationery postcard (Addressed to Zwart) 1921–1922
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Piet Zwart Looijen Rigutto & Co. letterhead 1922
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Piet Zwart Laga Compagnie letterhead 1922
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Piet Zwart Poster for the rubber flooring manufacturer LAGA 1922
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Piet Zwart Advertisement for a Housing Rental Office (Verloop Woning Bureau) 1923
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Piet Zwart Advertisement for Vickers House, The Hague 1923
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Piet Zwart Onmiddellijk kan door ons koperkabel en koperdraad uit groote voorraad geleverd worden, N.V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek Delft 1924
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Piet Zwart Hollandsch Kunstweefhuis 1924
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Piet Zwart Basis van Economie is Efficiency (Page from a booklet for NFK) 1924
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Piet Zwart Wij Nu Experimenteel Toneel 1925
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Piet Zwart 25'0 hoogspanningskabels met papierisolatie-N.K.F. Delft 1925
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Piet Zwart (Untitled) 1925
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Piet Zwart (Untitled) 1925
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Piet Zwart Fortoliet stationery envelope 1925
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Piet Zwart Fortoliet stationery envelope 1925
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Piet Zwart Fortoliet stationery invoice 1925
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Piet Zwart Fortoliet stationery postcard 1925
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Piet Zwart "Hot Spots" leiden onherroepelijk tot den doorslag, Behoedt uw kabel net voor "Hot Spots" Door N.K.F. kabel 1926
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Piet Zwart Wij Nu Experimental Tooneel stationery note paper 1925–1926
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Piet Zwart Wij Nu Experimental Tooneel stationery note paper 1925–1926
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Piet Zwart BIJ Leo Faust letterhead 1926
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Piet Zwart oZo, Normaalkabels Zijn Abnormaal (That's It, The Quality of our Normal Cables is Extraordinary) (Pamphlet for NFK electrical cables) 1926–1927
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Piet Zwart Internationale Tentoonstelling Op Filmgebied (International film festival) (Poster for film festival in the Hague) 1928
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Piet Zwart Nutter Uit Noten Bereid c. 1923
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Piet Zwart NKF: N.V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek Delft 1928
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Piet Zwart Verlicht Holland met Hollandsche Kabels, NKF Delft (Illuminate Holland with Dutch Cables, NKF Delft) (Advertisement for NKF) 1926
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Piet Zwart Advertisement for NKF electrical cables c. 1923
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Piet Zwart NKF Nederlandsch Kabelfabriek letterhead 1927–1928
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart letterhead 1928
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart stationery postcard 1928
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart stationery postcard 1928
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart stationery postcard 1928
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart letterhead 1928
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Piet Zwart Drukkerij Trio (Printer's proof of letterhead and envelope) 1928
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Piet Zwart Brochure for Scheveningen Radio (PCH) 1928–1929
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Piet Zwart NKF: Nederl. Kabelfabriek Delft c. 1924
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Piet Zwart Ook Post Van U? (Advertisement for the Netherlands Postal Service) 1929
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Piet Zwart Hollandsch Kunstweefhuis c.1924
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Piet Zwart Piet Zwart letterhead 1920s
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Piet Zwart Kabel is een vertrouwensartikel, Achter een N.K.F. kabel liggen 18 jaar ervaring, N.V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek Delft 1930
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Piet Zwart Advertisement for NKF electrical cables c. 1925
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Piet Zwart 1 der waarborgen voor de kabelkwaliteit, hooge ionisatiespanning, N.V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek Delft c. 1925
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Piet Zwart BIJ Leo Faust letterhead (Letter to Zwart from Leo Faust) 1930
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Piet Zwart BIJ Leo Faust stationery envelope 1930
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Piet Zwart Pamona Hotel-Restaurant-Lunchroom letterhead (Letter to Zwart) 1930
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Piet Zwart Filmreclame Piet Zwart, Serie Monagrafieën over filmkunst onder redactie van Mr C. J. Graadt van Roggen, No 12 1930-31
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