WORD AND IMAGE
POSTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Alan M. Fern [text] and Mildred Constantine [Editor], Massimo Vignelli [Designer]
Alan M. Fern [text] and Mildred Constantine [Editor], Massimo Vignelli [Designer]: WORD AND IMAGE. POSTERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. NYC: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by New York Graphic Society Ltd., Greenwich, Conn., 1968. Original edition. A fine hardcover book (paper boards) in a fine Dust jacket: an exceptional copy of a notoriously fragile volume. Book interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Beautifully designed by Massimo Vignelli. 10.75 x 10.75 hardcover book with 160 pages and 211 illustrations (30 in color). Contents include the essay "Word and Image" by Alan M. Fern; bibliography by Bernard Karpel; sections include The Beginnings of the Modern Poster, Art Nouveau, The Expressionists, The Bauhaus and the New Formalism, The Diversity of Design in the Postwar Years. All of the major art movements of the 20th century are represented here: Art Noveau, Art Deco, de Stijl, Constructivism, streamlining, Swiss, International, the Bauhaus, the new typography, etc. An outstanding, oversized collection.
Includes color reproductions of poster designs by the following modern masters: Herbert Bayer, Lester Beall, Lucian Bernhard, Max Bill, Joseph Binder, Will Bradley, Jean Carlu, A. M. Cassandre, Charles Coiner, Walter Dexel, Milton Glaser, Armin Hoffmann, Johannes itten, E. McKnight Kauffer, Oskar Kokoschka, Gustav Klutsis, le Corbusier, El Lissitzky, Man Ray, Herbert Matter, Peter Max, Alphonse Mucha, Tomoko Miho, Victor Moscoso, Josef Muller-Brockmann, Paul Rand, Alexander Rodchencko, Oskar Schlemmer, Beh Shahn, Jan Tschichold, Joost Schmidt, Andy Warhol, Tadanori Yokoo, Piet Zwart and many others.
Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.
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