"For those who have been brought up on the American tradition there is nothing to identify the new Museum of Modern Art as a museum."
Lewis Mumford
The New Yorker, 1939
Installation view, "Bauhaus: 1919-1928." December 7, 1938 through January 30, 1939.
Photograph ©1999 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Peephole through which can be seen revolving figures wearing costumes from the "Triadic Ballet".