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1926

Man as Industrial Palace

Artist/maker unknown

Dr. Fritz Kahn (1888–1968) published a five-volume set of books between 1922 and 1931 devoted to the inner workings of the human body. The best-selling work is profusely illustrated with more than one thousand pictures based on Kahn's designs, many of them inspired by industrial imagery.

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