The Museum of Modern
Art (MoMA) traces the history of childhood through products designed for - and
art objects about - children since 1900. Follow the button wheel clockwise to
progress through the decades. Some notable examples are a group of Prairie
School objects including a 1902 high chair designed by William Drummond, and
one of the most well-known Frank Lloyd Wright icons, the stained glass window
from the Avery Coonley Playhouse. Chicago is highlighted as influential in the
playground movement with an image of a swing set from 1905, in a city park. A
smiling Walt Disney stands next to an aerial view of Disneyland near the
beginning of the "Power Play," 1960s to 1990s section of the
exhibition. A little later on the timeline, see Jake & Dinos Chapman's
"Unhappy Meal III," presented without curatorial commentary, related
to an advertisement for Nutricia, an enriched powdered milk supplement, dated
1927-28.
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