INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL '51
W. H. Allner [Editor]
W. H. Allner [Editor]: INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL '51. New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. First edition. Text & captions in English, French & German. Quarto. Burlap cloth stamped in gold. Printed dust jacket. 190 pp. 396 reproductions. 19 color plates. A very elegant production. Cloth spotted. Textblock edges spotted and foxed throughout. Dust jacket spine crown chipped and general light wear. A very good copy.
10 x 11.5 hardcover book with 190 pages and 396 carefully selected posters --19 in full color. An excellent anthology -- highly recommended. Includes essays by Leo Lionni, S. A. Grummitt, C. W. Cousland, and Irvin Taubkin. Jacket back panel features a striking black and white Ladislav Sutnar-designed ad for the 30th ADC Annual.
This is the third edition of the INTERNATIONAL POSTER ANNUAL; the only book devoted exclusively to current poster art, it again assembles a striking collection of 400 carefully selected posters--19 in full color--by 200 of the best known artists and designers from 22 countries: Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Czechoslavakia, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, U.S.A. and others.
Artists and designers whose work is reproduced in this volume include Thomas Eckersley, Robin Day, Edward Bawden, John Piper, Tapio Wirkkala, A. M. Cassandre, Jean Colin, Jacques Nathan, Jean Picart Le Doux, Dick Elffers, Max Huber, Armin Hofmann, Hans Erni, Josef Muller-Brockmann, Herbert Leupin, Boris Artzybasheff, Herbert Bayer, Lester Beall, Joseph Binder, Jean Carlu, Salvador Dali, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, George Giusti, Alex Steinweiss, Saul Steinberg and many other international designers.