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Max Bill [INSCRIBED]

Gomringer, Eugen (ed.); Max Bense, Will Grohmann et al

Teufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli, 1958. First edition. Softcover. "Für mausi mit allen guten wünschen Max Bill am jahresende 1958" on front free endpaper. Octavo. 84pp. Original cream wraps with black lettering on cover and spine, in original glassine dustwrapper. Publication in appreciation of the Swiss architect, artist, painter, typographer and designer Max Bill. Contributions by Max Bense (Arguments for Max Bill), Will Grohmann (Tendency towards Synthesis), Richard P. Lohse (Unity of the Design Principle), Kurt Marti (The Second Commandment and Concrete Art), Annie Müller-Widmann (Dear Max Bill), Carlos Flexa Ribeiro (The Fiftieth; in French), Ernesto N. Rogers (The Unit of Max Bill; Italian), Ernst Scheidegger (Visual Report 1944–1958 on Max Bill) and Eugen Gomringer (Max Bill and Concrete Poetry). Illustrated with eight b/w photographs of Max Bill in professional and personal situations. Contains biographical data from 1928 to 1958 on Max Bill and short biographical sketches of the contributors at rear. Texts in German, one each in French and Italian. Near fine condition. Item #48693

Price: $275.00