That's the deceptively plain title of the Museum of Modern Art's ambitious, vast, sometimes delirious retrospective beginning today and running through Oct. 3.

Mr. Marshall made Lincoln's deceptively plain eloquence come alive by saying the words rather than declaiming them in the usual stagy fashion.

Its deceptively plain walls concealed spy devices and automatic weapons.

The deceptively plain mahogany table has a top that tilts up to form a writing surface.

South of the Zenana Enclosure, the Queen's Bath is deceptively plain on the outside but amazing within.

His menu lists one main ingredient for each dish in capital letters, creating a deceptively plain impression.

David Howard's moody lighting was another fine ingredient, as were Ruth Keller's deceptively plain costumes.

Tony Walton's deceptively plain scenic design, which affords three suitably crabbed playing areas, and Richard Pilbrow's lighting well serve the production.

In other words, deceptively plain - though never quite as flat as its English translations, including this one, make it sound.

Mostly the prose shuns decoration, preferring to present the action in a deceptively plain fashion.