Stankowski: Photos - Hardcover

Duschek, Karl; Magnaguagno, Guido

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775712887 ISBN 13: 9783775712880

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 2003

Synopsis

In the 1930s, painter, photographer and graphic artist Anton Stankowski began to establish a private archive of images for use in advertising. Influenced by greats like El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters, Stankowski developed his own style of strongly reduced, terse but witty images of things seen from unusual perspectives. Neglected in the artist's catalogue raisonn , the thousands of images Stankowski amassed are represented here by 180 select motifs.

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Hard to Find book

Synopsis:

In the thirties, the painter, photographer and graphic artist Anton Stankowski began establishing a private archive of contact prints featuring all kinds of objects for his applied graphic sheets for the Zurich-based advertising agency Max Dalang. Influenced by the great designers of his age like Max Burchartz, El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters, Stankowski in his works soon developed an own imagery. His archive is full of strongly reduced, perhaps terse but often witty images of things seen from unusual perspectives. Stankowski's catalogue of worlds comprises thousands of negative prints. This immense reservoir first surfaced in the estate of the artist after his death in 1998, the catalogue raisonne published in his lifetime makes no mention of them. Karl Duschek, Stankowski's Stuttgart-based successor in his studio, chose 180 motifs from the convolute work, which now serve to close this gap.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 3775712887
• ISBN 13: 9783775712880
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384