David Levinthal takes as his subject a remarkable series of 1950s playsets manufactured by master toymakers Louis Marx and T. Cohn. As a reflection of the obsessive play of the 1950s and the current nostalgia for such items, his tabletop photography allows a bird’s-eye view of imaginary tableaux – Legionnaire Captain Gallant in the desert, Fort Apache and the Wild West, boy scouts camping in the woods, and travelers making a stop at a roadside Howard Johnson’s. These inspired micro-worlds in a box” vignettes are like stills from a movie of American popular culture’s collective unconscious.This book was intended to be a critical
Small Wonder : Worlds in a Box (American Scene)
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Additional Information
| Author | David Levinthal, text by David Corey |
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| Number of pages | pp.160 |
| Publisher | National Museum of American Art |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Book Condition | Very Good |
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| Binding Type | Softcover |
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