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Max Bill [INSCRIBED]
by Gomringer, Eugen (ed.); Max Bense, Will Grohmann et al
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near fine condition
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Teufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Für mausi mit allen guten wünschen Max Bill am jahresende 1958" on front free endpaper. Octavo. 84pp. Original cream wraps with black lettering on cover and spine, in original glassine dustwrapper. Publication in appreciation of the Swiss architect, artist, painter, typographer and designer Max Bill. Contributions by Max Bense (Arguments for Max Bill), Will Grohmann (Tendency towards Synthesis), Richard P. Lohse (Unity of the Design Principle), Kurt Marti (The Second Commandment and Concrete Art), Annie Müller-Widmann (Dear Max Bill), Carlos Flexa Ribeiro (The Fiftieth; in French), Ernesto N. Rogers (The Unit of Max Bill; Italian), Ernst Scheidegger (Visual Report 1944-1958 on Max Bill) and Eugen Gomringer (Max Bill and Concrete Poetry). Illustrated with eight b/w photographs of Max Bill in professional and personal situations. Contains biographical data from 1928 to 1958 on Max Bill and short biographical sketches of the contributors at rear. Texts in German, one each in French and Italian.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48693
- Title
- Max Bill [INSCRIBED]
- Author
- Gomringer, Eugen (ed.); Max Bense, Will Grohmann et al
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arthur Niggli
- Place of Publication
- Teufen, Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Concrete poetry, b/w photography, modern design, design principles, concrete art,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- Octavo
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