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Unesco the poster was created for an Exhibition for the Museo di Storeo Naturale Milan in 1950 and was posted in this version. See Max Huber page 51
Max Huber
Futurismo an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich 1950 Restored centre bottom backed on japon paper
Max Bill
pevsner vantongerloo bill with repaired tears to margins ref: The Modern Poster MOMA page 200
max bill
Sapere e Poterie
A G Fronzoni
Pfingst Rennen
Hans Falk
Stadion Ja
Hans Falk
Beginn der Filmkunst Gewerbemuseum Basel
Dorothea Hofmann
An exhibition of Giacometti sculpture drawings and paintings held in Ascona ref: Max Huber page 44
Max Huber
An exhibition of Soviet photography held at the Kunsthaus Zurich
Bruno Monguzzi
Chiasso danza hand signed
Bruno Monguzzi
An exhibition poster for work by Huber Warja Lavater and Otto Teucher ref: Max Huber page 46
Max Huber
Foto
Bruno Monguzzi
Panza di Biumo
Bruno Monguzzi
mehr anbauen oder hungern? ref: The Swiss Poster page 129
Hans Erni
oskar schlemmer und die abstrakte buhne
Fridolin Muller
Seiden Greider ref: The Swiss Poster page 183
Hans Erni
Atomkrieg Nein ref: The Swiss Poster page252
Hans Erni
Parcourez La Terre Helvetique Avec L'abonnement De Vacances
Hans Erni
Cinematheque Suisse
Hans Erni
Das bad a two sheet poster done for an exhibition in Zurich in 1937
Herbert Matter
Helft Brande verhuten reference 100+3 Schweizer Plakat page 47
Heini Fischer-Corso
Angelo Guiseppe Bertolio picture shows reflection from flash
A G Fronzoni
Rubare a Mu-lien picture shows reflection from flash
A G Fronzoni
A poster for an exhibition of work by hn werkmann at the kunstgewerbe museum in1966
Fridolin Muller
100 Jahre Eisenbeton two sheet poster small loss to lettering in Austellung centre bottom ref: The Swiss Poster Margadant page 144 no 214
Richard Lohse
A poster done for the 1969 exhibition at the Gewerbemuseum Basel showing furniture by Thonet ref: The Swiss Poster Margadant page 200 no 383
Kurt Hauert
An exhibition of Glas at the Helmhaus Zurich 1956 reference 100+3 Schweizer Plakat page 65 Swiss Graphic Design page 190
Carl Bernhard Graf
Strauli Sport reference 100+3 Schweizer Plakat page 51
Leo Gantenbein
Chinesische Steinabklatsche 1944 reference Ernst Keller Exhibition at the Kunstgewerbemuseum 1976 page89 reference 100+3 Schweizer Plakat page 87
Ernst Keller
Jecklin the 1950 version
Otto Baumberger
Jelmoli orange
Ernst Keller
25 Ruderregatta
Martin
Alt Romanische Portrat Plastik
Alfred Willimann
Die Lithographie In Der Schweiz
Werner Bischof
Jelmoli green
Ernst Keller
Nein
Ernst Keller
Citroen 1 Preis
Karl Gerstner
Austellung Bibliothek Sammlung
Armin Hofmann
For the Stadt Theatre
Armin Hofmann
Third Kind of Blue
Niklaus Troxler
Schreibkunst
Wolfgang Weingart
Fotografia picture shows reflection from flash
A G Fronzoni
Das Schweizer Plakat
Wolfgang Weingart
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Il gluoco e fatto Teatro di Genova
A G Fronzoni
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Poster for la Biennale di Venezia
A G Fronzoni
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arte e ee scienza shows reflection from flash
A G Fronzoni
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Mit Der Bahn Bis Ins Skigelande
Hans Falk
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nona triennale di milano 1951
Ernst Scheidegger
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Circus Knie
Hans Falk
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Olma
Hans Falk
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Telephone
Hans Falk
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Max Huber poster for the 32 gran premio d'italia 1961
Max Huber
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An exhibition of Oskar Schlemmer's work in Ascona
Max Huber
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Fotogramme und die Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert - Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie
Bruno Monguzzi
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dc7c panair do brasil The Brazilian artist and sculptor Mary Vieira studied first in Brazil and later in Zurich. She did few posters but the ones she did are rare and follow her concrete principals. ref: Swiss Graphic Design page 175 ref: The Swiss poster page 175
Mary Vieira
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Bouchez an early 1918 poster by Loupot for mens fashion ref: Loupot page 46 number 24
Charles Loupot
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Teatro del Falcone
A G Fronzoni
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cicio di conferenze
A G Fronzoni
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Poster by Fronzoni for the Fontana Galleria Genova 1966
A G Fronzoni
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Poster for 5000 years of Lettering held at the Gewerbemuseum Basel in 1936. reference Swiss Graphic Design by Richard Hollis page 95
Theo Ballmer
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Tribune De Lausanne a variation from the 1955 design which shows the Tribune's new font and layout for 1962. This version is in the collection of MOMA where they mistakenly attribute it to 1955.
Herbert Leupin
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Marchio Progetti picture shows reflection from flash
A G Fronzoni
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Industrieware von Wilhelm Wagenfeld
Fridolin Muller
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sos kinderdorf
A G Fronzoni
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herbert Matter studied painting at the Ecolle des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and theAcadamie Moderne in Paris. He worked with Leger, Cassandre, Ozenfant and Corbusier. This cubist poster for PKZ may have been his first poster His later photomontage posters are amongst the best of the period. He moved to the States in 1936 was professor of photography at Yale he was a design consultant at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Fellowship in New York and also at the Museum of fine arts in Houstan. He died in 1984
Herbert Matter
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Tell is Armin Hofmann's most famous poster and one which he won the Swiss poster prize in 1963.
Armin Hofmann
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A rare Cassandre poster for the Italia- Cosulich Lloyd Triestino company. Originally the fleet of ships sailed from Trieste to Palermo, Messina, New York, Naples South America and New Orleans.
Cassandre
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Grafa International
Hermann Eidenbenz
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Wahlt Liste 4 an election for the Social Democratic party in 1935. Keller joined the Swiss Werkbund in 1915 and taught at the Kunstgewerbe School in Zurich, he is considered the most influential figure in Swiss graphic design
Ernst Keller
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arte astratta e concreta. The exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan was organised by Huber along with Max Bill and the architects Lanfranco Bombellii Tiravanti, Elena Berrone and Franca Helg. Huber exhibited at the exhibition along with Kandinsky, Arp, Klee, Bill with other exhibitors shown on the poster.
Max Huber
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Bureau
Theo Ballmer
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Exceptionally rare poster by Bill showing the Swiss Werkbunds demonstration of Modern Architecture and Modern living with furniture supplied by wohnbedarf. See the Swiss Poster by Richard Hollis page 54.
max bill
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tanzstudio wulft basel For a dance studio notice of postponement of a ballet by Satie and Picabia
Max Bill
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Tanzstudio Wulff films d'avant garde et d'avant guerre
Max Bill
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Amongst Matter's finest photomontages rare.
Herbert Matter
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Winter in Davos
Burkhard Mangold
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Meta
Niklaus Stoecklin
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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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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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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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A Tribute to the Music of Thelonious Monk
Niklaus Troxler
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Unsere Wohnung
Richard Lohse
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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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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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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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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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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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Allianz poster for the Association of Modern Swiss Artists
Max Bill
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