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Graphis 82, 1959

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Content includes:
Hans Pflug(Zurich): Tomi Ungerer
Dr. Willy Rotzler (Zurich): Swiss Posters 1958
Vanni Scheiwiller (Milano): Amedeo Modigliani. Drawings
Franz Hermann Wills (Berlin): Werner Klemke
Alain Jouffroy(Paris): Unesco (Paris). A work that expresses the spirit and the contradictions of the 20th century.
Dr. Willy Rotzler (Zurich): Kurt Wirth
Herb Lubalin (New York): The Typographic Image in America
Virgilo Guzzi (Roma): Modern Ceramics in Italy
Tamara Talbot Rice (Edinburgh): The Art of the Scythian Nomads

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Kurt Wirth
  • Year: 1959
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 82, 1959. Cover design by Kurt Wirth.
Graphis 82, 1959. Cover design by Kurt Wirth.
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