GRAPHIS 11/12
Volume 1, No. 11/12, 1945

Walter Herdeg (Editor): GRAPHIS 11/12. Zurich: Graphis Press 1944. Volume 1, No. 11/12, 1945. Original edition. A near-fine original magazine with former owners tiny ink intitials on cover. The former owner has also written "Picasso/Gen Franco" and "Bayer" on the spine. Cover design by Andre Derain.

9.25 x 11.75 magazine with 130pages of b/w and color examples of modern graphic design, circa 1945. Text in in English, French and German.Graphis was (and still is) one of the most important and influential European graphic design publication. Each issue always showcased the best graphic and applied art, including advertising, typography, posters, printmaking, illustrators, book arts, ethnic art, etc, with a focus on modern European designers. Graphis is still being published, but the most influential and groundbreaking years are from the 1940s to the early 1960s.

October/November/December 1945 (Vol. 1, No. 11/12) contents:

  • Cover Design: Andre Derain
  • 130 pages
  • DERAIN'S PANTAGRUEL by Pierre Gauchat
  • THE CHINESE METHOD OF WRITING AND PAINTING WITH INK
  • SOVIET CHILDREN'S PAINTING by Hans Kasser
  • EIDENBENZ by Hans Kasser
  • PAUL GRIMAULT FILM CARTOONS by Colette Vasselon
  • MARGUERITE AMMANN by Dr. Albert Baur
  • HERBERT BAYER AND ADVERTISING IN THE USA by Siegfried Giedion: 10 pages and 33 examples
  • THE CATALOGUES OF TRES QUARTIERS by Colette Vasselon
  • PICART LE DOUX by Louis Cheronnet
  • 2 X ALOIS CARIGIET by Manuel Gasser
  • PICASSO by Dr. Bernhard Geiser
  • DISPLAYS BY FRITZ KELLER by Hans Kasser
  • THE COPY-BOOK OF URBAN WYSS by Dr. herman Kienzle
  • SOME MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE WORK OF URS GRAF by Dr. hans Koegler
  • TRAVEL SOUVENIRS by Hans Kasser
  • PHOTOS A ND MONTAGES OF PIERRE BOUCHER by Remy Duval
  • NEW AMERICAN ART BOOKS by Max Bill

These periodicals are much harder to find than the well known Graphis Annuals, which are essentially pictorial "best of" collections and lack the depth and text of the originals. These publications are also more valuable as they are the original documents. Many of the articles are written by important artists, critics and scholars.

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