Pop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of Czech Artist and Paper Engineer Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992) - Softcover

James A. Findlay; Ellen G.K. Rubin; Findlay, James A.; Rubin, Ellen G.K.

 
9780976226703: Pop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of Czech Artist and Paper Engineer Vojtech Kubasta (1914-1992)

Synopsis

Vojtech Kubasta lived and worked in Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the height of the Cold War yet remained politically neutral throughout his career. The book features 150 items by Kubasta selected from private and public collections. The earliest item in the exhibit/book, a sketchbook, was created in 1921 when Kubasta was only seven years old. Thee are also work from his university days in teh 1930s when he experimented with various art media and many illustrated flat books (as opposed to pop-up books) and advertisements that he designed in teh 1940-1950s. The core of the exhibit/book features the pop-up and movable books from the 1950s to teh 1980s that were to become his hallmark.

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