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Swiss & Italian Posters

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Amongst Matter's finest photomontages rare.
Herbert Matter
For the X1 National Art Exhibition in 1912
Burkhard Mangold
A Tribute to the Music of Thelonious Monk
Niklaus Troxler
Third Kind of Blue
Niklaus Troxler
1st. Grand Premio Bergamo a 1958 poster by Max Huber for a festival of art films and films about art,
Max Huber
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Swiss Alps Calling by Aesbach with photo by W. Luthy
Hans Aesbach
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Konkrete Kunst an important exhibition including works by Arp. Bill, Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Vantongerloo. Bill was very busy promoting the
Max Bill
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usa baut. Poster for an exhibition of modern American architecture by ex bauhaus student Max Bill. Bill's many talents had him excel in painting, sculpture, teaching, architecture, and is thought of as Switzerland's finest designer ref: History of the poster by Muller-Brockmann Swiss graphic design by Richard Hollis Cold war modern design Victoria and Albert exhibition
Max Bill
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Theo Ballmer studied at the bauhaus before returning to Basel to teach at the Basel Arts and Crafts School where he remained for some 30 years Reference The 20th Century Poster Merrill Berman collection page 150. The Modern Poster MOMA page 126
Theo Ballmer
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For the 1931 Art Exhibition in Switzerland Kulagina shows the USSR in construction. Kulagina met her future husband Gustav Klutsis a teacher at Vkhutemas when she enrolled as a student. The school was conceived explicitly as 'a specialized educational institution for advanced artistic and technical training, created to train highly qualified master artists for industry. It was a centre for three major movements in avant garde art and architecture: constructivism, rationalism, and suprematism. Kulagina and Klutsis worked closely together on photomontages she also did exceptional posters incorporating photography such as the International Women Workers Day and Women Workers Strenghen the Shock Brigades. ref: Margadant 57 Kunst and Propaganda 87 Klutsis/Kulagina 139
Valentina Kulagina
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Zeitprobleme- Problems of our time in Swiss painting and sculpture exhibition. reference Swiss Graphic Design Richard Hollis The History of the poster by Muller-Brockmann The Swiss poster by Margadant
Max Bill
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Allianz poster for the Association of Modern Swiss Artists
Max Bill
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Brasilien Baut-Brazil Builds a poster by the Brasilian artist Matia Viera for an exhibition of architecture,prints and Viera's sculpture. Reference: History of the poster by Muller-Brockmann page 190. Swiss Graphic Design by Richard Hollis page 174
Maria Viera
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A travelling exhibition of the Deutschen Werkbundes by the ex bauhaus student Theo Ballmer who went on to teach at the Basel Arts and Crafts school where he remained for some 30 years. Reference The 20th Century Poster Merrill Berman collection page 150. The Modern Poster MOMA page 126
Theo Ballmer
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Meta
Niklaus Stoecklin
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Bureau
Theo Ballmer
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Unsere Wohnung
Richard Lohse
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Winter in Davos
Burkhard Mangold
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