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Edgar Jonas Kaufmann (November 1, 1885 – April 15, 1955) was an American businessman and philanthropist who owned and directed Kaufmann's Department Store, in Pittsburgh. He is also known for commissioning two modern architectural masterpieces, Fallingwater , designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Kaufmann Desert House in Palm Springs ...
Nov 1, 2020 · Songwriters: Fred Ebb / John KanderTheme From New York, New York lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Jan 6, 2014 · For over two decades, from 1963 to 1986, Edgar Kaufmann jr. also established himself as a leading authority on Frank Lloyd Wright, and influenced a generation of modern architecture disciples as an adjunct professor of Architecture and Art History at Columbia University in New York City.
Dec 23, 2015 · Edgar Kaufmann, jr. (he preferred to lowercase “junior”), had returned to work at the family store in 1935 and soon rose to merchandising manager of Kaufmann’s Home Department, so he would likely have been in the audience, preparing for his curatorial appointment at the Museum of Modern Art in 1937.
Apr 1, 2024 · In 1940, Edgar Kaufmann Jr. took the helm of the Industrial Design Department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, a position defining his legacy. Here, Kaufmann curated collections and championed the ‘Good Design’ movement from 1950 to 1955.
Edgar Kaufmann, one of the most creative of storeowners, was a constant advocate of Modernism in style and technology, and in merchandising good design. “Good forms sell much better and cost no more. The work of the artist has. become profitable both in industry and business.”.
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Here is Irving Berlin's "My New York" recorded on a dime store Harmony Record in 1927 by the Harmonians with a splendid vocal by Irving Kaufman.
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