The new MoMA had recently reopened after a four month closure, the last phase of a multimillion dollar expansion and renovation, and it was high time we explored all that extra space. These are a few of my favourite things:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe || Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper, Berlin – Project, 1921
Charcoal and graphite on paper mounted on board
Heinz Schulz-Neudamm || Poster for the film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang 1926 – Lithograph 
Film stills from Metropolis, 1927 
Film still from Metropolis, 1927 
Film still from Bride of Frankenstein, 1935 – gelatin silver print 
Film still from Frankenstein, 1931 – gelatin silver print 
Film stills from Der Golem, 1920 – gelatin silver prints 
Egon Schiele || Portrait of Gerti Schiele, 1909. Oil, silver, gold-bronze paint, and pencil on canvas 
Pablo Picasso || Boy Leading a Horse, 1905-06. Oil on canvas 
Pablo Picasso || Woman Plaiting Her Hair, 1906. Oil on canvas 
Edvard Munch || Man’s Head in Woman’s Hair, 1896. Woodcut 
Julia Margaret Cameron || Mrs. Duckworth, 1867. Albumen silver print 
Alfred Stieglitz || A Dirigible, 1910. Photogravure
MoMA New York
December 8th, 2019
The Humble Fabulist 