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Jacques Nathan-Garamond

Graphis 32, 1950

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Content includes:
Christian Berard (Boris Kochno)
Value and Standing of the Postage Stamp (F.H. Ehmcke)
Loterie Nationale (William B. McDonald)
Swiss International Lottery (McDonald)
Christmas and New Year’s Cards
Olga Siemaszko (Jan Lenica)
Art in Rome (Georgine Oeri)
P. Fix-Masseau (Waldemar George)
Margrit Linck. Pottery
Hans Falk: Spanien/Marokko
A Statement on Modern Art. Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum and Boston Museum of Contemporary Art
Eine Erklarung uber moderne Kunst

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Jacques Nathan-Garamond
  • Year: 1950
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm
Jacques Nathan-Garamond was born in Paris in 1910 and attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. He designed posters, corporate brands, symbols and logos, packaging and wrapping paper. He was also a teacher at the Ecole Supérieure d'art graphique in Paris and a founding member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

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Graphis 32, 1950. Cover design by Jacques Nathan-Garamond
Graphis 32, 1950. Cover design by Jacques Nathan-Garamond
Jacques Nathan-Garamond was born in Paris in 1910 and attended the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris. He designed posters, corporate brands, symbols and logos, packaging and wrapping paper. He was also a teacher at the Ecole Supérieure d'art graphique in Paris and a founding member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
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