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ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, November 1947. Herbert Matter Cover Design.

ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, November 1947. Herbert Matter Cover D...

ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, June 1952. Cover by Ruth Lanier [Asawa]; Isamu Noguchi; Yoshiro Taniguchi.

ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, June 1952. Cover by Ruth Lanier [Asaw...

SUTNAR, Ladislav: SCHIFFER PRINTS [Stimulus Fabrics]. New York: Mil-Art Co. and L. Anton Maix for Sweet’s Catalog Service, [c. 1949].

SUTNAR, Ladislav: SCHIFFER PRINTS [Stimulus Fabrics]. New Yo...

EAMES Office, George Tscherny [Designer]: MATHEMATICA: A WORLD OF NUMBERS . . . AND BEYOND. Armonk, NY: IBM Corporation, [1965].

EAMES Office, George Tscherny [Designer]: MATHEMATICA: A WOR...

RAND, Paul profiled in: CREATION no. 1 [INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN, ART AND ILLUSTRATION. Tokyo, 1989.

RAND, Paul profiled in: CREATION no. 1 [INTERNATIONAL GRAPHI...

Tschichold, Jan: ASYMMETRIC TYPOGRAPHY. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation/Cooper & Beatty, Ltd, Toronto, 1967. Translated by Ruari McLean.

Tschichold, Jan: ASYMMETRIC TYPOGRAPHY. New York: Reinhold P...

Spencer, Herbert: PIONEERS OF MODERN TYPOGRAPHY. New York: Hastings House, 1970. First American edition.

Spencer, Herbert: PIONEERS OF MODERN TYPOGRAPHY. New York: H...

ARCHITECTURAL RECORD January 1934. Frederick J. Kiesler’s Space House and Experimental Houses.

ARCHITECTURAL RECORD January 1934. Frederick J. Kiesler’s ...

TUTTLE, PAUL. Eudorah M. Moore [Curator]: THE FURNITURE DESIGNS OF PAUL TUTTLE. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1966.

TUTTLE, PAUL. Eudorah M. Moore [Curator]: THE FURNITURE DESI...

WEBER, KEM. David Gebhard: KEM WEBER: THE MODERNE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1920 – 1941. Santa Barbara: The Art Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1969.

WEBER, KEM. David Gebhard: KEM WEBER: THE MODERNE IN SOUTHER...

Bayer, Herbert [Designer]: ELECTRONICS — A NEW SCIENCE FOR A NEW WORLD. Schenectady: General Electric Co. [Electronic Division], 1942.

Bayer, Herbert [Designer]: ELECTRONICS — A NEW SCIENCE...

HERMAN MILLER. Stephen Frykholm [Art Director]: Nelson Office Seating [Poster Title]. [Zeeland, MI]: Herman Miller International Design Group, 1971. Poster.

HERMAN MILLER. Stephen Frykholm [Art Director]: Nelson Offic...

Rand, Paul: PM, October – November 1938. Cover & 16-page insert. The Composing Room/P.M. Publishing Co.

Rand, Paul: PM, October – November 1938. Cover & 16-p...

Laszlo, Paul [Inscribed Copy]: PAUL LASZLO: INTERIORS | EXTERIORS. Beverly Hills: Paul Laszlo, 1947.

Laszlo, Paul [Inscribed Copy]: PAUL LASZLO: INTERIORS | EXTE...

TRADEMARKS. Society of Typographic Arts: TM: TRADEMARKS/USA 1945 – 1963. Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (STA), June 1968.

TRADEMARKS. Society of Typographic Arts: TM: TRADEMARKS/USA ...

Mevis, Armand, Linda Van Deursen: RECOLLECTED WORK: MEVIS & VAN DEURSEN. Amsterdam: Artimo Foundation, 2005.

Mevis, Armand, Linda Van Deursen: RECOLLECTED WORK: MEVIS &#...

Carboni, Erberto: 25 BEISPIELHAFTE WERBEFELDZUGE [25 Publicity Campaigns]. Vienna / Würzburg: Verlag Andreas Zettner, 1961.

Carboni, Erberto: 25 BEISPIELHAFTE WERBEFELDZUGE [25 Publici...

McCobb, Paul: PLANNER GROUP DESIGNED BY PAUL McCOBB. Pittsburgh: Kaufmann’s, c. 1950.

McCobb, Paul: PLANNER GROUP DESIGNED BY PAUL McCOBB. Pittsbu...

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS 1946. New York: Ram Press, 1946. Albers, Gallatin, Léger, Knaths, Moholy-Nagy, Mondrian, & Morris.

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS 1946. New York: Ram Press, 1946. A...

GILL, IRVING. Esther McCoy, Louis Danziger, and Marvin Rand: IRVING GILL 1870 – 1936. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum [with The Art Center in La Jolla], 1958.

GILL, IRVING. Esther McCoy, Louis Danziger, and Marvin Rand:...