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Gebrauchsgraphik, 01, 1951

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Content includes:
Franz Hermann Wills: McKnight Kauffer
Eberhard Hölscher: Hanns Lohrer
Eberhard Hölscher: Humorous English Advertisements
Max Körner: New “Prevention of Accidents” Posters
Eberhard Hölscher: Hermann Bentele
Eberhard Hölscher: Tobacco, Christian Scheufele, Munich. An Example of Modern Shop Design
Max Körner: Poster Competition “First Federal Horticultural Show, Hanover 1951”
Schadow-Antiqua
Eva Franziska Meister: Cats as an Advertising Motif
Plagiarism without End
Eberhard Hölscher: Gerd Leufert

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1951
  • Client/Publisher: Bruckmann Verlag
  • Size: 210mm x 295mm

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Gebrauchsgraphik, 1, 1951
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