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Graphis 50, 1953

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Content includes:
Graphis Celebrates its Tent Birthday (W. Herdeg)
The Restoration of Calligraphy(Paul Standard)
Medieval Yugoslav Frescos (O. Bihalji-Merin)
Riccardo Manzi (Leonardo Sinisgalli)
Eric Lancaster (Jean Picart le Doux)
UPA. A New Dimension for the Comic Strip (Georgine Oeri)
Louis Vivin (Charles Estienne)
The Earliest Known Colour Posters (B. Champigneulle)
Original Advertising for a Swiss Village Festival (Paul Wollenberger)

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Gottfried Honegger
  • Year: 1953
  • Client/Publisher: Graphis Press
  • Size: 235mm x 300mm

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Graphis 50, 1953. Cover design by Gottfried Honegger
Graphis 50, 1953. Cover design by Gottfried Honegger
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