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book (design) story #391

rené wehrli:
begründer der modernen plastik

kunsthaus zürich, 1954
printer: buchdruckerei der neuen zürcher zeitung, zürich
size: 24 x 17 cm
designer: (unknown)

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again no designer credited for this very "zürich style" catalogue of a 1954 modern sculpture exhibition with works by arp, brancusi, and others. only the title is lowercase.

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kunsthaus director rené wehrli (1910-2005) wrote the foreword.

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a black square introduces the catalogue part, ...

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... and after a white square on black ...

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... the illustrations, starting with a sculpture by arp. some of the the ads are very "swiss style", too.

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