Bauhaus Goes West - Modern Art and Design in Britain and America by Alan Powers

Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange - between the Bauhaus emigres in the years following the schools closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and Germany in the early part of the 20th century, the book offers a timely re-evaluation of the schools influence on and relationship with modern art and design in Britain, concluding with the schools American legacy.