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Graphis 20, 1947

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Content includes:
Kitagawa Utamaro. Painter of Women (Willy Boller)
Piero Fornasetti. His Almanachs (Fabrizio Clerici)
Notes on a Pottery Exhibition (Peter Meyer)
Ballet Designs in the USA (G. Amberg)
Paolo Garretto. (Orio Vergani)
Mogens Zieler. (Georgine Oeri)
English Bookplates To-day (M.F. Severin)
Balzac, seen by 12 modern artists (L.F. Gruber)
American Primitive Painting (Arnold Rudlinger)
Painting Behind Glass (Wilhelm Sulser)
Christmas and New Year’s Cards (Elisabeth Gerold)
Paris Packs its Precious Scents (Mabel Zuppinger)
The “Hard Stones”, a Dying Art (Fabrizio Clerici)
Illustrious Letter-Headings (L.F. Gruber)
Tirggels, Zurich’s Traditional Sweetmeat (Edwin Arnet)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Piero Fornasetti
  • Year: 1947
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 20, 1947. Cover design by Piero Fornasetti
Graphis 20, 1947. Cover design by Piero Fornasetti
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