GRAPHIS Volume 2
Issues 13-16
Walter Herdeg (editor)

Walter Herdeg (Editor): GRAPHIS 13-16. Zurich: Graphis Press 1946. Volume 2, Complete, 1946. Original editions. Issue 13 is a near-fine original magazine with a mildly rubbed orange cover. Issue 14 is a very good to near-fine original magazine with light wear to edges and spine cover. Issue 15 is a near-fine original magazine with a two-inch split along the lower cover edge hinge. Issue 16 is a near-fine original magazine with the covr loosening from the original glue binding (easily repairable). 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 1946. 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.

January/February 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 13) contents:

  • Cover Design: Irme Reiner
  • 124 pages
  • IRME REINER by Manuel Gasser
  • PIEWRRE MONNERAT by Hans Kasser
  • OLD BERNESE POTTERY by Hans Kasser
  • MARGRIT LINCK-DAEPP: FIGURE CERAMICS by Hans Kasser
  • JOHN HEARTFIELD PHOTOMONTAGES by Konrad Fahrner
  • CHILDRENS BOOKS IN SOVIET RUSSIA
  • LESTER BEALL by Hans Kasser
  • AMERICAN HUMOR by Arnold Lunn
  • SPANISH CALLIGRAPHIC MODELS OF THE 16TH-CENTURY by Jan Tschichold
  • TAPESTRIES FROM CLOTH REMNANTS by Hans Kasser
  • RAYMOND LOEWY ASSOCAITES: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN by C. F. O. Clarke
  • ALOIS CARIGIET- HANS FISCHER: TWO SET DESIGNERS OF THE CABARET CORNICHON IN ZURCH by Manuel Gasser
  • JEAN COLIN by W. H. Allner
  • BOOK REVIEW

March/April 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 14) contents:

  • Cover Design: Milner Gray
  • 154 pages: massive special issue dedicated to the appreciation of the Applied and General Graphic Art of England. A scarce look at British Graphic Design and Applied Art in the late 40šs and a very valuable reference.
  • HENRY MOORE SHELTER DRAWINGS WAR ARTISTS EXHIBITIONS by A.D.B Sylvester
  • ENGLISH BOOK JACKETS by Charles Rosner (36 examples including: Hans Schleger, Robert Harling, Hans Tisdall, Abram Games, etc.)
  • BRITISH HUMOR by Arnold Lunn
  • BRUCE ANGRAVE by Frederick Laws
  • BRITISH POSTER ART DURING THE WAR by Noel Carrington (48 examples: Bruce Angrave, Lewitt-Him, Henrion, Abram Games, Thomas Eckersley, etc.)
  • RECENT TRENDS IN ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION by James Boswell
  • LEWITT-HIM by Manuel Gasser
  • THE BRITISH EXHIBITION by Peter Austen
  • ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN by Noel Carrington
  • PRESS ADVERTISING IN GREAT BRITAIN by McCullough
  • S.I.A. SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS 20 examples: F.H.K. Henrion, Milner Gray, Ashley, Schleger, etc.)
  • BRITAIN CAN MAKE IT - THE COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN by Peter Austen
  • BOOK REVIEW - Walter Gropius, Rebuilding Our Communities, L. Moholy-Nagy: The New Vision and Abstract of an Artist, etc.

May/June 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 15) contents:

  • Cover Design: Walter Herdeg
  • 112 pages
  • ANDRE BEAUREPAIRE by Jean Cocteau
  • PEYNET ou L'AMOUR du PROCHAINS by Colette Vasselon
  • VERTES on FRAGRANCES by W.H. Allner
  • ERWIN BLUMENFELD by W.H. Allner (9 full page, black and white examples)
  • EDWARD COCKER by Hans Kasser
  • CHRISTIAN BERARD DECORATOR of THEATRE by C.J. Delbo
  • FELIKS TOPOLSKI - WAR & PEACE by C.F.O. Clark
  • L'ART OF THE TABLE - PAINTED PLATES by Colette Vasselon (many examples by Jean Cocteau, etc.)
  • THE TIMES - A REVOLUTION IN NEWSPAPER PRINTING by C.F.O. Clark
  • NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF BRITISH TYPOGRAPHY by Desmond Flower
  • R.A. BRANDT by John Keir Cross
  • IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES - A NEW DEPARTURE IN ADVERTISING by Peter Austen
  • PKZ - FROM A COMPETITION by Hans Kasser
  • BOOK REVIEW Oliver Simon-Introduction to Typography, Gyorgy Kepes - Language of Vision

July/August 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 16) contents:

  • Cover Design: Walter Herdeg
  • 106 pages
  • RELIGIOUS IMAGES IN FRANCE by Colette Vasselon
  • JOHN ATHERTON by Hans Kasser (8 pages 16 examples)
  • WILLIAM STEIG by Hans Naef (10 pages many examples printed on specialty paper)
  • ERIC RAVILIOUS BRITISH ILLUSTRATOR by Noel Carrington
  • ARTISTRY OF THE PENDULUM by Hans Naef
  • A CHILDREN'S PAINTING COMPETITION by H. Kasser
  • CHINESE STONE RUBBINGS by Prof. O. Fischer
  • ALFRED FAIRBANK ENGLISH CALLIGRAPHER & WRITING MASTER by Jan Tschichold
  • THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH CARICATURE by F.D. Klingender
  • KURT WIRTH SWISS ARTIST by Hans Neuburg (10 pages 31 examples)
  • ADVERTISING ORGANIZATION for TELEPHONE PROMOTION (Examples: Donald Brun, Herbert Leupin, etc.)
  • YOUNG BRITISH PAINTERS by Bernhard Denvier
  • JOHN AVERILL AMERICAN ADVERTISING ARTIST by Hans Naef
  • TAPESTY and HOLY FIRE by Denis Majorel

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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