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Graphis 79, 1958

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Content includes:
Hans Fischer (Dr. Adolf Max Vogt, Zurich)
Artistic Textbooks – an Educational Need (Alice Hugelshofer –Reinhart, Zurich)
English Slate Headstones (S. Hickson, London)
Sine (Hans Pflug, Zurich)
Richard Erdoes. Visual Presentation – a Challenge to the Designer(Stanley Roberts, London)
Brucke. The Fathers of German Expressionism (Lothar-Gunther Buccheim, Munchen)
Erik Nitsche. The Graphic Face of a Dynamic Corporation (Suzanne Burrey, New York)
Artists’ Greeting Cards (K. Taylor, Zurich)
Australian Bark Paintings (C.P. Mountford, Adelaide)
Paul Hogarth. From his China Sketch Book (C. Rosner)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Siné
  • Year: 1958
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 79, 1958. Cover design by Siné.
Graphis 79, 1958. Cover design by Siné.
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