INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL '51

W.H. Allner [Editor]

W. H. Allner [Editor]: INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL '51. New York: Pelligrini and Cudahy, 1951. First edition. Text & captions in English, French & German. A nearly fine hardcover book with a very good or better fragile dust jacket: jacket is lightly soiled with gently worn tips. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. A very elegant production. Jacket back panel features a striking black and white Ladislav Sutnar-designed ad for the 30th ADC Annual.

10 x 11.5 hardcover book with 190 pages and 396 carefully selected posters --19 in full color. A truly amazing anthology. Highly recommended. Includes essays by leo Lionni, S. A. Grummitt, C. W. Cousland, and Irvin Taubkin.

This is the third issue of the INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL; the only book devoted exclusively to current poster art, it again assembles a striking collection of 400 carefully selected posters--19 in full color--by 200 of the best known artists and designers from 22 countries: Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, U.S.A. and others.

Artists and designers whose work is reproduced in this volume include Thomas Eckersley, Robin Day, Edward Bawden, John Piper, Tapio Wirkkala, A. M. Cassandre, Jean Colin, Jacques Nathan, Jean Picart Le Doux, Dick Elffers, Max Huber, Armin Hofmann, Hans Erni, Josef muller-Brockmann, Herbert Leupin, Boris Artzybasheff, Herbert Bayer, Lester Beall, Joseph Binder, Jean Carlu, Salvador Dali, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, George Giusti, Alex Steinweiss, Saul Steinberg and many other international designers.

Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.

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