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book (design) story #549

walther greischel:
das stichwort

städt. bühnen, magdeburg, 1931
printer: w. pfannkuch & co
size: ?? x ?? cm
designer: xanti schawinsky

"das stichwort" (the catchword) was a cultural magazine for magdeburg, germany, in the early 1930s.

while the main article was written by walther greischel (1889-1970), the director of the local art history museum, ...

... some of the bauhaus-style ads are signed "scha": alexander "xanti" schawinsky (1904-1979) was the son of a jewish family in basel, switzerland, who went to study at the bauhaus.

in the years 1929-1931 xanti schawinsky designed printed matter for the magdeburg city council such as this one. in 1933 he left germany for italy and emigrated to the usa in 1936.