Funktionelle Grafik der zwanziger Jahre in Polen (Functional Design of the Twenties in Poland)
Olten, Switzerland: Otto Walter Olten, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 26pp. Original gray quarter cloth with black stiff paper plates with white lettering on cover. Special of "New Graphic Design/ Neue Grafik" No. 9. Compilation of forty-one samples of 1920s avant-garde design in Poland, including designs by Jan Jerzy Wroniecki, Titus Czyzewski, Anatol Stern, Stanislaw, Stanislaw Mlodozeniec, Leon Chwistek, Wladyslaw Strzeminski, and numerous designs by Henryk Berlewi as well as various Polish avant-garde groups and publications, including several by BLOK. The designs are presented in b/w and color, some include photographic images.
"Despite the opinion of those who dream of "pure art" and despite its mechanical and industrial character, typography give daily evidence of its close connection with present day developments in the plastic arts and shows its dependence on them by reflecting the various tendencies which arise. More than any other form of graphic design indeed, typography today plays the part of a gauge of the general aesthetic level and mirrors the culture on which it is based. It is only necessary to glance at the typography of a country to get a fairly accurate idea of the degree of aesthetic and intellectual development reached there." (Berlewi).
Text, including captions, in German, English and French. With biographical notes on Henryk Berlewi at rear. Minor wear. Very good+ condition. Item #53377
Price: $950.00