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In Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box, 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, Levinthal's tabletop photography allows the reader 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. Playset vignettes are like stills from a movie of American popular culture's collective unconscious.
In the book's introduction, David Corey explores the history of playsets and their effect on American children in the 1950s.
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Artistic Photography, Toys, Toys in art, History, New York Times reviewed, Miniature objectsPeople
David LevinthalPlaces
United StatesTimes
20th centuryShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Small wonder: worlds in a box
1996, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
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David Levinthal: Small Wonders (American Scene (Washington, D.C.), 4,)
November 2, 1994, D.A.P./National Museum of Amercian Art
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