DUTCH GRAPHIC DESIGN 1918 – 1945
Alston W. Purvis
Alston W. Purvis: DUTCH GRAPHIC DESIGN 1918-1945. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. First Edition. Quarto. Black cloth stamped in silver. Photographically printed dust jacket. 234 pp. 80 color and 220 black-and-white illustrations. Includes the first thorough bibliography of Dutch graphic design. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
8.75 x 11.25 hardcover book with 234 pages and 80 color and 220 black-and-white illustrations. The extraordinary achievements of Dutch graphic design in the first half of the twentieth century have long been recognized, but this book is the first comprehensive account of the development of graphic design in the Netherlands, from 1918 to 1945.
DUTCH GRAPHIC DESIGN portrays a remarkable diversity of styles and techniques in a wide range of media and applications: books and typeface design, commercial printing, posters, postage stamps, corporate identity programs, logos, signage, and much more.
Includes work by Vilmos Huszar, H. Th. Wijdeveld, Fre Cohen, Piet Zwart, Paul Schuitema, Sjoerd H. de Roos, Jan van Krimpen, Charles Nypels, A. A. M. (Sander) Stols, Jean Francois van Royen, Hendrik Werkman, Willem Sandberg, Gerardus Kiljan, Wim Brusse, Henny Cahn, Nicolaas P. de Koo, Dick Elffers, Theo van Doesburg, and many others.
Their work is discussed in the context of such themes as the decorated book, the Wendingen magazines, Dadaism, De Stijl, the Bauhaus, Constructivism, pictographs, the underground press of the occupation years, the PTT and more.