THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF ALVIN LUSTIG
Alvin Lustig
Alvin Lustig: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF ALVIN LUSTIG. New Haven: Holland R. Melson, Jr., 1958. First edition. Published in an edition of 600 copies. Octavo. Printed paper covered boards. Glassine wrappers. 94 pp. Essays. Glassine age-toned and chipped. Trace of wear to spine tips. A nearly fine copy. Rare thus.5.5 x 8.75 hardcover book with 94 pages of writings by Alvin Lustig. Introduction by Philip Johnson. Cover portrait by Maya Deren. Designed and published by Holland R. Melson, Jr. via a grant by Elaine Lustig [Cohen] in the memory of Alvin Lustig, a faculty member of the School of Art and Architecture at yale University between 1951 to 1954.
"By the time he died at the age of forty in 1955, [Alvin Lustig] had already introduced principles of Modern art to graphic design that have had a long-term influence on contemporary practice. He was in the vanguard of a relatively small group who fervently, indeed religiously, believed in the curative power of good design when applied to all aspects of American life. He was a generalist, and yet in the specific media in which he excelled he established standards that are viable today. If one were to reconstruct, based on photographs, Lustigšs 1949 exhibition at The Composing Room Gallery in New York, the exhibits on view and the installation would be remarkably fresh, particularly in terms of the current trends in art-based imagery." -- Steven Heller
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