Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in 1979. In an essay entitled "The Planar Dimension 1912 - 1932 : From Surface to Surface," Margit Rowell, curator, writes that "... Picasso's constructions -- extensions of the picture plane into the space in front of the wall -- were extremely equivocal objects. They referred to the painted plane but seemed to deny pictorial space. Virtually three-dimensional, they dissolved the mass or volume of traditional sculpture. They were architectonic without being architectural. These contradictions, viewed from diverse perspectives, provided artists with a wealth of options for subsequent formal developments, options which could not be exploited in terms of sculpture alone. The goal of this exhibition is to explore the singular possibilities presented by Picasso's constructions." Artists include Nathan Altman, Yurii Annenkov, Alexander Archipenko, Jean Arp, Giacomo Balla, Vladimir Baranoff-Rossiné, Carl Buchheister, Erich Buchholz, Alexander Calder, Ilya Chashnik, César Domela, Marc Eemans, Wassily Ermilov, Max Ernst, Naum Gabo, Julio Gonzalez, Auguste Herbin, Katarzyna Kobro, Henri Laurens, Jacques Lipchitz, Lazar (El) Lissitzky, Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Konstantin Medunetsky, Joan Miró, Lázló Moholy-Nagy, Lázló Peri, Antoine Pevsner, Jean Peyrissac, Pablo Picasso, Liubov Popova, Iwan Puni, Man Ray, Alexander Rodchenko, Christian Schad, Kurt Schwitters, Vladimir Tatlin, Joaquín Torres-García, Léon Tutundjian, and George Vantongerloo. With brief biography, bibliography, and statement accompanying images of work by each artist.