book (design) story #688
hans theler:
ernst morgenthaler
kunsthalle basel, 1962
printer: benno schwabe & co., basel
size: 21 x 17 cm
designer: armin hofmann (cover)
this catalogue cover, designed by armin hofmann (*1920), may look like an abstract composition, ... .
... but is actually the enlarged signature of an artist with the initials "em": ...
swiss painter ernst morgenthaler (1887-1962) had died that year.
the text was contributed by hans theler (1904–1998), ...
... boss of the schweizerische national versicherungsgesellschaft (an insurance company) and president of the kunstverein basel.
below a self-portrait of ernst morgenthaler, ...
and a portrait of his wife sasha morgenthaler (1893-1975), an artist who is best known for the "sasha dolls" designed by her.
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