SCHWEIZER PLAKATKUNST /
ART DEL'AFFICHE EN SUISSE / SWISS POSTER ART 1941-1965
Wolfgang Lüthy [Editor]
Wolfgang Lüthy [Editor]: SCHWEIZER PLAKATKUNST / ART DEL'AFFICHE EN SUISSE / SWISS POSTER ART 1941-1965. Zürich: Verlag der Visualis AG, 1968. Text in German, French and English. First edition. Quarto. Glazed and printed paper boards. 230 pp. Three essays followed by 646 color and black and white reproductions. Book design by Friedrich Käser and Georges Fehrenbach. Small sticker shadow to front pastedown, otherwise a fine copy.
8.5 x 10 hardcover book with 230 pages and 646 color and black and white poster reproductions representing the best Swiss poster designs from 1941 to 1965: “The best posters of the years 1941–1965 with the Certificate of Honour of the Federal Department of the Interior.” Essays by Hans Peter Tschudi, Berchtold von Grünigen and Werner Kämpfen.
Beautifully designed and printed in Switzerland, Schweizer Plakatkunst serves as an official record of excellence in Swiss poster design in the modern era. Each year between 1941 and 1965 is represented by a selection of approximately 24 posters submitted to—and selected by—a jury appointed by the Swiss Federal Ministry of Home Affairs.
Features color poster reproductions by Hans Aeschbach, Ferdi Afflerbach, Charles Affolter, Max Amsler, Peter Andermatt, Werner Andermatt, Peter Von Arx, Herbert Auchli, Pierre Augsberger, Felix Bader, Walter Balmer, Rolf Bangeter, Walter Bangerter, Franco Barberis, Maurice Barraud, Ruodi Barth, Roland Bärtsch, Fred Bauer, W. Baum, Otto Baumberger, Klaus Berger, Lise Berset, Igildo G. Biesele, Max Bill, Alex Billeter, August Bingesser, Manfred Bingler, Rudolf Bircher, Peter Birkhäuser, Niklaus Birrer, Werner Bischof, Sandro Bocola, Jean Bosserdet, Marguerite Bournoud-Schorp, Walter Brack, Blaise Bron, Friedrich Bruggmann, Donald Brun, Etienne Bucher, Robert Bücher, Fritz Bühler, Paul Bühlmann, Gisela Buomberger, Fritz Buri, Alfred Burkhart, Fritz Butz, Daniele Buzzi, Georges Calame, Marcus Campbell, Alois Carigiet, Andreas Cathomas, Albert Chave, Romano Chicherio, Bernard Cuendet, Iwan Dalain, Raymond Dennier, Hansjörg Denzler, Rudolphe Deville, Walter Diethelm, Rolf Dürig, Josef Ebinger, Emil Ebner, Hans Eichenberger, Hermann Eidenbenz, Willi Eidenbenz, Friedrich Engesser, Hans Erni, Hans Falk, Gilbert Fankhauser, Franz Fässler, Theo Ferrari, Corso Fischer, Heini Fischer, Adolf Flükiger, Hans Michael Friesager, Walter Frenk, Theo Frey, Georges Froidevaux, Géo Fustier, Michel Gallay, Heini & Leo Gantenbein, Pierre Gauchat, Roger-V. Geisser, Karl Gerstner, Otto Glaser, Carl B. Graf, Paul Gredinger, Walter Grieder, Heinrich Grüninger, Max Gubler, Roland Gubler, Pierre Ivan Guichard, Willi Günthart, Paul Gusset, Alfred Hablützel, Peter Hajnoczky, Jörg Hamburger, Hans Hartmann, Viktor Hasslauer, Kurt Hauert, Edi Hauri, Ernst Heiniger, Fritz Hellinger, Samuel Henchoz, Robert Héritier, Eric Hermés, Ernst Hiestand, Ernst & Ursula Hiestand, Charles Hindenlang, Armin Hofmann, Gottfried & Warja Honegger-Lavater, Peter Hort, Emil Hotz, Fredy Huguenin, Claude Humbert, Paul Jacopin, Moritz S. Jaggi, Hans Jegerlehner, Mark Jeker, Werner John, Aage Justesen, Walter Käch, Jean-Pierre Kaiser, Fritz Kaltenbach, Ernst Keller, Ulrich Kemmner, Jürg Klages, Willy Kobelt, Burt Kramer, Heinz Kröhl, Hans Küchler, Charles Kuhn, Ruedi Külling, Edgar Küng, Helmut Kurtz, Eugen Kuttel, Markus Kutter, Lora Lamm, Paul Landry, Hans Lang, Lathion & Lavanchy, Hugo Laubi, Max Lenz, Ernst Leu, Herbert Leupin, Leo Leuppi, Herbert Libiszewski (Libis), Nelly Loewensberg-Rudin, Richard P. Lohse, Hans Looser, Heinz Looser, Manfred Maier, Ferdinand Maire, Karl Mannhart, Walter Marti, Lukas Martz, André Masmejan, Peter Megert, Erwin Meierhofer, Fritz Meyer-Brunner, Gérard Miedinger, Pierre Monnerat, Ernst Morgenthaler, Felix Muckenhim, Armin Müller, Fridolin Müller, Josef Müller-Brockmann, Fred Murer, Hans Neuberg, Zeitung Neue Zürcher, Emil A. Neukomm, Fred Neukomm, Atelier Nohl/Malischke, Beny Olentzky, Jean & Lucien Ongaro, Jean-Pierre Otth, Percival Pernet, Oscar Pfister, Celestino Piatti, Celestino & Marianne Piatti, Hans Heinrich Pidoux, Michael Pinschewer, Michel Péclard, Eric Poncy, Aldo Poretti, Franca Primavesi, Rolf Rappaz, Benedikt Remund, Numa Rick, Hanspeter Rolly, Emil Ruder, Viktor Rutz, Klaus Sandforth, Charles Sauter, Jürg Schaub, Ernst Scheidegger, Ulrich Schierle, Hans Schmid, Hanspeter Schmidt, Fritz Schrag, Fritz Seigner, Walter Sigg, André Simon, Gottlieb Soland, Paul Solberger, Hanspeter Sommer, Emil Steinberger, Heinrich Steiner, Hans Stocker, Niklaus Stöcklin, Fred Stolle, H. Sulzbachner, Hans Thöni, André Tödtli, Karl Toggweiler, Willy Trapp, Paul Trauffer, Fred Troller, Otto Tschumi, Hans Ulrich, Willy Varlin, Mary Vieira, Carlo Vivarelli, Renold Vuilleumier, Karl Wegmann, Werner Weiskönig, Willi Wermelinger, Hansruedi Widmer, Jost Wildbolz, Kurt Wirth, Hans Rudolf Woodtli, Bruno Würth, Marcel Wyss, Mark Zeugin, A. Ziegler, Werner Zryd, and Moritz Zwimpfer.