9.19.2011

more avant-garde toys....

Vaclav Spala
"Devil"
1921

Libuse Niklova
"Little Boy"
1960s

Minka Podhajska
"Devil"
c. 1908-1919

Ladislav Sutnar
"Lion"
c. 1930

Ladislav Sutnar
"Rhino"
c. 1930

Libuse Niklova
"Motorcyclists"
1964

Libuse Niklova
"Motorcyclist"
1964

Libuse Niklova
"Chimney Sweep"
1964

Libuse Niklova
"Tamer"
1964

Libuse Niklova
"Ducklings"
1964

Libuse Niklova
"Baby"
1964

Kocka Micha
"Micha the Cat"
1963

Evzenie Konarikova
"Hen"
1981

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5 comments:

  1. YES!! So glad you posted this. I'm wrangling images for a kids' post for another blog and wanted to use your older avant-garde post... but this one works even better. It's like you knew. Grazie!

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  2. Lucia, glad I could help! I tried to use images that no one else had used much, but the book is FULL of cool stuff.... -P

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  3. I have to get that book!

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  4. I am sure our kids would think more deeply if current toys were less like digitized clones, and had more of the design and and even somewhat subversive facets of these.

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  5. ! awesome. thanks for posting these. I've never seen the likes..

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