The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 19, Swiss Theme Issue, 1993

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Content includes:
Ferdinand Hodler: Historical Painting – Oskar Bätschmann and Alice Kennington
Karl Moser: Two Churches: Two Worlds: One Way of Thinking – Werner Jehle and Claire Bonney
Advertising Switzerland: Giovanni Segantini’s Panorama for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair – Hans A. Lüthy
Paul-Ami Bonifas: The Necessity of Unity – Barbara E. Messerli Bolliger
Public and Private Collecting in Switzerland, 1875-1945 – Lukas Gloor and Alice Kennington
Poster Persuasion – Margit Weinberg Staber
Sophie Taeuber-Arp and the Interrelation of the Arts – Willy Rotzler and Maureen Oberli-Turner
Max Bill: The Early Years An Interview – Angela Thomas, Susan Ernst-Peters and Max Bill
Hans Erni and the Streamline Decade – Stanislaus von Moos and Alice Kennington
Afterword: Just a Building – Martin Heller and David Britt

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