book (design) story #462
franz roh:
l. moholy-nagy – 60 fotos
klinkhardt & biermann, berlin, 1930
printer: f. bruckmann ag, münchen
size: 25 x 17 cm
photographer: laszlo moholy-nagy
designer: jan tschichold
one of the spunkiest cover designs by jan tschichold (1902-1974) – a highlight of his modernist period! tschichold combines a bled-off constructivist photogram by laszlo moholy-nagy (1895-1946) with matching typography on a contrasting yellow backdrop, dividing the cover space in two halves like in book 40. note the slanted title echoing the black bar in the photo.
art historian/photographer franz roh (1890-1965) contributed the introductory text.
there are striking photos, photograms, ...
... positive-negative experiments, ...
... and photomontages.
only two books of the "fototek" series were realised: fototek 2 featured aenne biermann's work (see story 468).
on the last page an ad for one of the most famous modernist photo books – "foto-auge" – also by tschichold and roh.
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