1954 GRAPHIS 52 1954 Picasso Cover Irving Penn MEXICO

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GRAPHIS 52 Original 1954 edition with an original cover by Pablo Picasso Walter Herdeg (ed.): GRAPHIS 52. Zurich: Graphis Press 1954. Volume 10, No. 52, 1954. Original edition. A near-fine original magazine with light cover wear. Interior unmarked and very clean. Cover by Pablo Picasso. 9.25 x 11.75 magazine with 79 pages of b/w and color examples of modern graphic design, circa 1954. 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. Excellent original edition of Graphis with a very strong editiorial content: Picasso: War and Peace Canada: Advertising and Editorial Art 50 Ads of the Year. Work by William Golden, George Tscherny, Irving Penn, etc. The Human Figure in the Art of Ancient Sardinia Hugo P Herdeg: In Memoriam Newspaper and Magazine Promotion Carnival Art at Basle Aztec Picture Writing Mexican Design Motifs Japanese Text Books. Work by Hiroshi Ohchi These periodicals are much harder to find than the well read more