Willi Wolfgramm (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair (spine and edges chipped). First edition. N.p. [ca. 50p] + ca. 30 color ills. on plates, 2 folding. International exhibition catalogue of 230 mid-century posters, with some emphasis on Soviet bloc artists. Examples chiefly from East Germany; also West Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Poland, Romania, USSR, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and Hungary. Checklist of works with summary specifications (most were made after 1949). Unusual. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. East Berlin catalogue dedicated to an exhibition of street posters and placards, mostly from the German Democratic Republic and other Communist nations. The catalogue features color and black-and-white illustrations and a list of 230 works. While many posters had a political angle (Marx, Lenin, etc.), plenty more featured cultural subjects (such as museums) and commercial topics (trade fairs and products). An interesting look at graphic design, mostly from the East Bloc, in the early 1950s. Text entirely in German. Scarce in commerce. PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 225 x 165 mm), unpaginated, in pictorial wrappers over heavy card stock wrappers enclosing the text block (soft cover). CONDITION: Minor scuffing, rubbing, and staining to wrappers, a couple small tears along the bottom edge of the pictorial wrappers, toning to the card stock enclosing the text block. The inside pages are clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.