GRAPHIS Volume 1
Issues 1-12
Walter Herdeg (editor)

Walter Herdeg (Editor): GRAPHIS 1-12. Zurich: Graphis Press 1944-1945. Volume 1, Complete, 1944-1945. Original editions. These magazines are from the library of a former subscriber who had the forebearance to store these issues in a slipcase, resulting in their remarkable preservation. Issue 1/2 is a fine original magazine with very light wear to edges. Issue 3/4 is a near-fine original magazine with very light wear to spine edge. Issue 5/6 is a fine original magazine. Issue 7/8 is a fine original magazine. Issue 9/10 is a fine original magazine. Issue 11/12 is a near-fine original magazine with a mildly sunned spine. An unusual opportunity to acquire a full early volume of the legendary Design magazine.

9.25 x 11.75 magazines with many pages of b/w and color examples of modern graphic design, circa 1944-1945. 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.

September/October 1944 (Vol. 1, No. 1/2) contents:

  • Cover Design: Max Hunziker
  • 94 pages
  • MAX HUNZIKER'S ZINC ETCHINGS by Hans Kasser
  • PURPOSEFUL PACKAGING by Irme Reiner
  • GRAPHIC ART IN THE NEWSPAPER by Edwin Arnett
  • ITALIAN PRINTERS EMBLEMS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES by W. J. Mayer
  • HUMOUR IN THE SHOW WINDOW
  • FAMOUS ARTISTS IN THE SERVICES OF ADVERTISING: the Container Corporation of America, featuring work by A. M. Cassandre, Herbert Bayer, etc.
  • A SWISS TOBACCO FIRM ADVERTISES ITS CIGARS by Hans Kasser
  • SASCHA MORGENTHALER'S NEW DOLLS AND MODEL FIGURES by Hans Kasser

November/December 1944 (Vol. 1, No. 3/4) contents:

  • Cover Design: E. Haefelfinger
  • 114 pages
  • FRITZ PAULI ETCHINGS by Kurt Sponagel
  • BOOK ILLUMINATION AT ST. GALL by Dr. Joseph Muller
  • HANS FISCHER by Manuel Gasser
  • DEVOTIONAL MINIATURES by Manuel Gasser
  • CHINESE STONE ENGRAVINGS by Professor O. Fischer
  • THE WORLD ON STRINGS by W. Zimmermann
  • SWISS EX-LIBRIS by Hans Kasser
  • GYGER'S MAP OF ZURICH by Professor Ed. Imhof
  • A FRENCH MASTER OF PENMANSHIP
  • BRITISH WAR POSTERS by C. F. O. Clarke

January/February/March 1945 (Vol. 1, No. 5/6) contents:

  • Cover Design: Edward Munch
  • 112 pages
  • EDWARD MUCH AS A GRAPHIC ARTIST by Dr. E. Wartmann
  • MASKS AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLES by Serge Brignoni
  • GOOD SWISS POSTERS 1944 by Hans Kasser
  • PERIODICAL PAMPHLETS AND INTERNATIONAL BULLETINS
  • GIAMBATTISTA BODONI by Dr. Albert Baur
  • DECORATIVE EXPERIMENT AT THE BASLE INDUSTRIES FAIR
  • PAPER SCULPTURE by Hans Kasser
  • BOOK REVIEWS

April/May/June 1945 (Vol. 1, No. 7/8) contents:

  • Cover Design: Werner Bischof
  • 106 pages
  • MAILLOL AS A DRAFTSMAN by Erwin Gradmann
  • OLD POSTAL ART IN SWITZERLAND by Hans Kasser
  • FLAGS by Dr. A. Bruckner
  • ENGLISH ADVERTISING IN WAR by C. F. O. Clarke
  • THE PHOTOGRAPHER WERNER BISCHOF by Hans Finsler
  • JAPANESE MATCHBOXES by Dr. Albert Baur
  • SWITZERLAND EXHIBITS ABROAD by Karl Egender
  • FORTUNE-- EUROPE IN 1918 AND AMERICA TODAY by Hans Kasser
  • BOOKS IN SWITZERLAND by Hans Kasser
  • MOUNTEBANKS' HANDBILLS by Dr. Hans Bloesch
  • A MEDIEVAL BOOKOF FABLES by Dr. Hans Strahm
  • IN MEMORY OF J. E. WOLFENSBERGER by Otto Baumberger

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

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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