INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL 1956 – 1957
Arthur Niggli [Editor], Hiroshi Ohchi, Richard Williams
and Karl Gerstner [essays]
Arthur Niggli [Editor], Hiroshi Ohchi, Richard Williams and Karl Gerstner [essays]: INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL 1956 - 1957. Switzerland: Niggli and Verkauf Teufen, 1957. First edition. Text & captions in English, French & German. Squarish quarto. Black cloth stamped in silver. Printed dust jacket. 146 pp. 500 reproductions. A very elegant production. Light foxing throughout. Jacket lightly rubbed. A very good or better copy.
10 x 11.5 hardcover book with 146 pages and 500 carefully selected posters reproduced in color and black and white from 27 countries. An excellent anthology -- highly recommended. Includes essays by Hiroshi Ohchi, Richard Williams and Karl Gerstner.
This edition of the INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL assembles a striking collection of 500 carefully selected posters by the best known artists and designers of the following 27 countries: Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, France, Germany, Japan, India, Israel, Italy, Latin America, Holland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA.
Artists and designers whose work is reproduced in this volume include Otl Aicher, Theo Crosby, Thomas Eckersley, Hans Schleger, Bob Gill, Eric Nitsche, Jean Colin, Paul Colin, Jacques Nathan, Yusaku Kamekura, Erberto Carboni, Eugenio Carmi, Nizzoli, Jan Bons, Dick Elffers, F. H. K. Henrion, William Turnbull, Anton Stankowski, Jan Lenica, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Armin Hoffmann, Herbert Leupin, Josef Muller-Brockmann, Celestino Piatti, Saul Bass, Irvine Kamens, Dr. Seuss, Alex Steinweiss, George Tscherney, Karl Gerstner, Emil Ruder, and many other international designers.