Berman Mildred Friedman Editor (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Hardcover black cloth boards with white titling on the spine and blind stamped titling on the cover. Includes color and b/w illustrations, Bibliography and Index, 215 pages. The DJ is in Very Good condition. Oversize and heavy: 10 1/4" x 10 1/4".

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Probable first edition (no direct statement). 216 pages. Hardcover: H 25.75 x L 25.75cm. White dust jacket rubbed with light soiling; slight bumping/scuffing at edges with minor tear at spine head. Black cloth with white stamped spine lettering. Short swath of black marker upon top edge perhaps as a publisher's remainder mark; slight soiling to text block's bottom edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust jacket. Color frontispiece, b/w and color illustrations throughout; section of artist biographies; Bibliography; Index. The contributing authors examine "the contradictory range of causes that the poster has served: political, ideological, artistic and commercial . . . [drawing from] such diverse sources as Art Nouveau, Secession, Dada, Constructivism, Bauhaus, Futurism, and De Stijl" (quoted from the dj front flap). Six chapters as follows: "Broadside to Billboard" by Mildred Friedman, "Posters at the Turn of the Century" by Robert Brown, "Function and Abstraction in Poster Design" by Dawn Ades, "The Russian Film Poster: 1920-1930" by Alma Law, "Thoughts on the Poster" by Armin Hofmann, and "Collecting Graphic Art" by Merrill C. Berman. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition first shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 12-August 12, 1984. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0896594335.

Oversize Hardback. Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 9 7/8"w x 9 7/8"h. 227 pages. Many color illustrations. Keywords: Poster Graphics, Constructivism, Bauhaus Movement, El Lissitzky, Alexander Rodchenko, Cassandre Posters, Herbert Bayer, Futurist Design, Art Nouveau Poster, Walker Art Center, Abbeville Press, Avant Garde Graphics 2.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!