Hermann Finsterlin (German, 1887–1973), Study for a House of Sociability, project. c. 1920, Polychromed plaster and paint, 10 ¼ x 12 3/16 x 15 ½” (25.4 x 31 x 39.4 cm), Gift of D.S. and R.H. Gottesman Foundation. © 2007 The Museum of Modern Art.

NEW YORK.- In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the world’s first museum department devoted to architecture, The Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition 75 Years of Architecture at MoMA. Drawings and models from the collection trace the evolution of the department’s collecting practice since its founding in 1932. It has been known since 1948 as the Department of Architecture and Design.

Some 50 works, dating from the 1920s to the 1990s, are organized into four thematic sections: Other Modernisms, Urbanism, Visionary Architecture, and The Art of Drawing. Largescale installation photographs from three of MoMA’s most influential architecture exhibitions—Modern Architecture: International Exhibition (1932), Mies van der Rohe (1947), and The Architecture of The École des Beaux-Arts (1975)—add historical context.

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