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Karl Oskar Blase

Documenta 6, Kassel, 1977

Catalogue for D6 in Kassel, 24.06.-02.10.1977
Volume 1, Introduction, Painting, Plastic/Environment, Performance. 320 pages
Volume 2, Photography, Film, Video. 357 pages
Volume 3, hand drawings, utopian design, books (artist’s books). 376 pages

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s Karl Oskar Blase
  • Year 1977
  • Size 211mm x 303mm
Karl Oskar Blase
Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films. Explore related designers including Gunter Rambow and Hans Hillmann. See also German graphic design history, Posters, Stamps.

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