book (design) story #686
arnold rüdlinger:
fernand leger
kunsthalle basel, 1957
printer: benno schwabe & co., basel
size: 21 x 17 cm
designer: armin hofmann (cover)
for this 1957 kunsthalle basel catalogue for an exhibition of french painter fernand léger (1881-1955), ...
... armin hofmann (*1920) formed a stencil-style letter "L" from a rectangle and a triangle.
note that hofmann used a serif typeface (garamond) here.
the foreword is by kunsthalle director arnold rüdlinger, as usual.
the plates are printed on coated paper.
the ad below on the right is signed "bocola",
... i.e. graphic designer and artist sandro bocola (*1931) who had studied in basel.
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