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Century of the Child
July 28, 2012, 10:39.46 am ET

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Growing by Design, 1900-2000
Exhibition now open at MoMA more



Graf Zeppelin toy dirigible. c. 1930. Iron alloy, aluminum, enamel paint, and decals, 7 ¼ x 25” (18.4 x 63.5 cm). Manufacture attributed to J.C. Penney Co., Inc., Plano, Texas. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesota



Ladislav Sutnar (American, born Bohemia [now Czech Republic]. 1897–1976). Build the Town building blocks. 1940–43. Painted wood, thirty pieces of various dimensions, largest smokestack: 7 3/8 x 2″ (18.7 x 5.1 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Ctislav Sutnar and Radoslav Sutnar.



Omnibot 2000, remote-controlled robot. c. 1985. Various materials, 24 x 15 x 14″ (61 x 38.1 x 35.6 cm). Manufactured by Tomy (formerly Tomiyama), Katsushika, Tokyo. Space Age Museum/Kleeman Family Collection, Litchfield, Connecticut



Ford convertible toy car with original box. c. 1956. Tinplate and various materials, car: 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 13 1/4″ (9.8 x 13 x 33.7 cm). Manufactured by Marusan Shoten Ltd., Tokyo (est. 1947). Subaru 360 toy car with original box. c. 1963. Tinplate, car: 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 7 7/8″ (8.6 x 8.6 x 20 cm). Manufactured by Bandai, Tokyo (est. 1950). Bruce Sterling Collection, New York




Minka Podhájská (Czechoslovak, born Moravia [now Czech Republic], 1881–1963). Series of Personifications of Childhood Misdeeds. 1930. Painted wood, dimensions vary, largest: 5 1/8″(13 cm) tall. Museum of Decorative Arts, Pragu

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