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Joseph Low

Print, Vol 6, No.4, 1950-1951

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JOSEPH LOW An appreciation by FRANK J. LIEBERMAN
CARL ERNST POESCHEL. LAWRENCE S. THOMPSON’s English version of an article in German by JULIUs RODENBURG
THE GROOM BEWITCHED by HANs BALDUNG GRIEN: No. 24 in the One Hundred Masterpieces of Printmaking Series by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
DE DRUCKKUNST; AEN BALTHASAR MOERENTORF. The original Dutch text of JOOST VAN DEN VONDEL, with a parallel English translation by HERBERT KLEISI
THE WOODCUTS OF ANTONIO FRASCONI Montevideo to Vermont by UNA JOHNSON

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Joseph Low
Joseph Low was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, in 1911. He died in 2000. He studied at the Art Students League with George Grosz and was self-taught in typography and wood-engraving. He worked as a freelance artist in the book and advertising fields, operating a private press in his own studio. Explore related designers including Ben Shahn and Antonio Frasconi. See also American Modernism and 1950s graphic design history.
Print
Print: A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts (later Print) was an American publication which featured a world-wide view of graphic design. It was first published in 1940 by William Edwin Rudge, New York and the magazine was releasing issues all the way until 2017.

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Print, Vol 6, No.4, 1950-1951. Cover design by Joseph Low
Print, Vol 6, No.4, 1950-1951. Cover design by Joseph Low
One of the 1950 issues of American graphic arts journal, Print. With cover illustrated by Joseph Low.
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