Graphis 122, 1965

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Victor Vasarely, Annet sur Marne: Victor Vasarely
Content includes:
Dr. Willy Rotzler, Zürich: Citroén – An Individual Advertising Style for an Individualist’s Car
Jerome Snyder, New York: Ohrbach’s – Successful Newspaper Advertising
Manuel Gasser, Zürich: Domenico Gnoli
Ayao Yamana, Tokyo: Shiseido – A Japanese Cosmetics Company
Sigwart Blum, Olivos: Four Young South American Artists
Jules Leroy, Paris: Early Ethiopian Book and Freso Painting
Douglas Newton, New York: Masterpieces from the South Seas
Stanley Mason, Zürich: Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century
Théo Stama, Paris: Girofla – Dolls

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Graphis 122, 1965. Cover design by Victor Vasarely.
Graphis 122, 1965. Cover design by Victor Vasarely.
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