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Leo Lionni

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Bulletin, Museum of Modern Art, 1954

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  • Format Exhibition Catalogue
  • Designer/s Leo Lionni. (Cover)
  • Year 1954
  • Client/Publisher Museum of Modern Art
  • Size 190mm x 250mm
Leo Lionni. (Cover)
Leo Lionni earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Genoa in 1935 but was a self-taught designer. While pursuing his studies, he was involved in both painting and advertising art. In 1939, he moved to the United States, where he served as art director for N.W. Ayer & Son, Container Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, General Electric, and other companies from 1939 to 1947. He spent the following two years in Europe painting and studying. After returning to the U.S. in 1949, Lionni became the design director for Olivetti Corporation, head of the Graphic Design Department at Parsons School of Design, and co-editor of Print. He later became art director of Fortune magazine. Explore related designers including Paul Rand and Giovanni Pintori. See also American Modernism and 1950s graphic design history.

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Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Bulletin, Museum of Modern Art, 1954 designed by Leo Lionni
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Bulletin, Museum of Modern Art, 1954 designed by Leo Lionni
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