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Edition limited to 550 copies, of which this is one of 520 copies in this binding. Fritz Kredel was born in Michelstadt in Germany in 1900. For political reasons he emigrated to the USA in the 1930s, where he died in New York in 1973. He is an uncommon figure in the history of book art because he moved apparently effortlessly in, and between, two cultures. On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean he created an extensive oeuvre that is equally appreciated in Germany and in the USA. At the Paris World Exhibition of 1937 he was awarded the Gold Medal for book illustration and in the 1961 he designed the official seal for President John F. Kennedy. In Germany Kredel is appreciated as the most famous pupil and collaborator of Rudolf Koch and as a favoured illustrator of the Insel-Verlag. In America he became famous as an illustrator of children´s and juvenile books. In the first part of this monograph 100 pages Ronald Salter surveys Kredel´s illustrative work with particular regard to its stylistic characteristics and his creative strategies in relation to the texts in hand. The second part of 96 pages is a descriptive oeuvre-catalogue of over 600 entries. It is a complete and systematic inventory of Kredel´s illustrative work, from his illustration of the "classics" to the pattern papers and dust jackets he designed. The book concludes with a literature survey and a register. It has 216 pages with 142 illustrations, most of which are colored. 214, 2 pages. orange paper-covered boards with Kredel's signet inset on cover on paper label. 4to..
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- Publisherburgart-presse
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 391020645X
- ISBN 13 9783910206458
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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Fritz Kredel. Das buchkünstlerische Werk in Deutschland und Amerika. Mit Front u. zahlr. Abb.
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Book Description Original-Pappband. Condition: Rücken etw. gebleicht, g.e. 4 Original-Pappband 550 Ex. de (6. bibliographischer Druck der burgart-presse Jens Henkel); 214 pp. Seller Inventory # 873358843
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Fritz Kredel : das buchkünstlerische Werk in Deutschland und Amerika ; [1900 - 1973]. signiert Ronald Salter / Bibliographischer Druck der Burgart-Presse Jens Henkel ; 6
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Book Description Pp. Condition: Sehr gut. 1 von 550 Exemplare. 214 S. : Ill. ; 31 cm, 1200 gr. 1 von 550 Exemplaren. Von Ronald Salter im Impressum signiert. gutes bis sehr gutes Exemplar Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1190. Seller Inventory # 37861
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Fritz Kredel: Das buchkünstlerische Werk in Deutschland und Amerika
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Book Description Hardcover. Deluxe edition (Vorzugsausgabe). 1 of 30 copies signed by author, showing work by the brilliant graphic designer, which appeared in German and American publications. Book, mounted limitation leaf & seven woodcuts by Kredel resting in green paper-covered clamshell box with paste-down cover plate and red lettering on spine. Edges of box in black. Clamshell box designed by Ludwig Vater. Woodcuts reproduced from the originals, tagged on heavy card stock (12 1/4" 16 1/4") & displayed on passe-partout. Five of the prints appeared in the 1930 published "Das Blumenbuch" (the flower book) by Kredel and Rudolf Koch: 1. Löwenzahn (Dandelion), 2. Waldrispengras (wood bluegrass), 3. Fingerhut (foxglove), 4. lanzellblättrige Kratzdistel (spear thistle), 5. Waldkerbel (wild chervil). The remaining two prints show all zodiac signs. One of the zodiac sign prints published for the first time. Dandelion and one zodiac sign plate colored by Winfried Henkel and Hermann Zapf, remaining prints in b/w. Prints measure 9 1/4" x 12". Book: Signed by Ronald Salter on colophon. 4to. 214,[2]pp. Half vellum over orange paper-covered boards with printed paste-down cover plate. Frontispiece showing a portrait of the artist, ca. 1930. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographic reproductions of Kredel's work as well as reproductions of b/w photographs. Contents: Vorwort / Der Buchkünstler Fritz Kredel: Der Künstler zwischen zwei Welten / Offenbacher Lehr- und Meisterjahre / Illustrierte Märchen / Kinder- und Jugendbücher / Militaria / Belletristik / Sachliteratur / Fritz Kredel im Kontext der Buchkunst / Anmerkungen / Biographische Daten. Bibliographie des buchkünstlerischen Werkes: Zur Anlage der Bibliographie. 1. Illustrationen für Bücher und Mappenwerke sowie für Texte in Zeitschriften und Sammelbänden. 2. Einbände, Schutzumschläge, Überzugpapiere und Titeleien. 3. Arbeiten außerhalb des buchkünstlerischen Bereichs. 4. Texte von Fritz Kredel (ohne Illustrationen). Ausgewählte Veröffentlichungen über Fritz Kredel. Register zur Bibliographie. Text in German. One of 30 deluxe editions showing some of the work by one of the finest German graphic designers of the 20th century. In his early years, Kredel studied under the famous Rudolf Koch at the Offenbach School of Design. Koch and Kredel collaborated on A Book of Signs (1923) and The Book of Flowers (1930). He produced illustrations and designs for over 400 books, including Eleanor Roosevelt's children book Christmas, The Complete Anderson: All of the Stories of Hans Christian Anderson, World's Best Fairy Tales for Readers Digest, and many others. Kredel was also commissioned to create a woodcut of the Presidential Seal for the inauguration of JFK. Clamshell box, prints and book in fine condition. Seller Inventory # 32727
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