Small wonder
worlds in a box
Edición de la obra Small wonder
| Autor | David Levinthal |
|---|---|
| Editorial | National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Distributed by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers |
| Fecha de publicación | 1996 |
| Lugar | Washington, D.C, New York, N.Y |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 160 |
| ISBN-10 | 1881616398 |
| OCLC | 33104758 |
| LCCN | 95025368 |
| Serie | American scene ; · 4 · American scene (Washington, D.C.) ; |
| Número de Cutter | L665s |
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.