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Willem Sandberg

Auguste Herbin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963

Cover is a silkscreen of the work of Auguste Herbin.

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  • Format Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s Sandberg?
  • Year 1963
  • Client/Publisher Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Size 190mm x 260mm
Sandberg?
Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg, commonly known as Willem Sandberg, was born in 1897 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. In 1945, Sandberg became the director of the Stedelijk Museum, where he was responsible for artists and art forms, designing many of the museum's catalogues, posters, and exhibitions using his typographic experiments. He designed around 380 posters and over 250 catalogues and also collaborated with other designers, including Otto Treumann and Dick Elffers. Explore related designers including Wim Crouwel and Dick Elffers. See also Dutch Modernism, Dutch graphic design history, and 1940s graphic design history.

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Auguste Herbin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963. Design most likely Willem Sandberg
Auguste Herbin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963. Design most likely Willem Sandberg
Auguste Herbin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963. Design most likely Willem Sandberg
Auguste Herbin, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1963. Design most likely Willem Sandberg
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