GRAPHIS 9/10
Volume 1, No. 9/10, 1945

Walter Herdeg (Editor): GRAPHIS 9/10. Zurich: Graphis Press 1945. Volume 1, No. 9/10, 1945. Original edition. A near-fine original magazine with former owners tiny ink intitials on cover. The former owner has also written "Cocteau" and "Cassandre" on the spine. Cover design by Hans Erni.

9.25 x 11.75 magazine with 88 pages 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.

July/August/September 1945 (Vol. 1, No. 9/10) contents:

• Cover Design: Hans Erni
• 88 pages
• CONTEMPORARY FRENCH GRAPHIC ART by Raymond Cogniat
• RUSSIAN WAR POSTERS by C. F. O. Clarke
• FRENCH WAR AND LIBERATION POSTERS by Dr. A. Bruckner
• HANS ERNI by Manuel Gasser
• WRAPPING-PAPERS FOR ORANGES AND LEMONS
• GRAPHIC POETRY BY JEAN COCTEAU by H. W. Allner
• SURREALSIM IN PHOTOGRAPHY-- RAOUL URAC by H. W. Allner
• KUKRYNIKSI-- THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN TRIO by C. F. O. Clarke
• STAGE DECORATIONS BY A. M. CASSANDRE by H. W. Allner
• A THEATRE AND ITS ADVERTISING METHODS
• FIGURED TAPESTRIES INTHE BASLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM by Dr. K. Buhler
• NEW POSTERS, MAGAZINE COVERS, ETC. by H. W. Allner

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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