LADISLAV SUTNAR: Visual Design in Action / Principles, Purposes

Published by Hastings House, New York, 1961

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First edition. Hardcover. Original edition. Tall quarto. Unpaginated. (188 pages) 36 color and 342 black-and-white illustrations. THIS COPY INSCRIBED BY SUTNAR to MARION SAMPLER. In original dust jacket with original glassine cover. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition, glassine cover is browned and has a few small edge-tears. Great association copy. Attractive Shuster gallery Sutnar/ Joy Art exhibition announcement from 1969 laid-in. Ladislav Sutnar: Visual Design in Action was originally published to accompany a 1961 traveling exhibition of the same name. The exhibition showcased Sutnarʼs design achievements, ranging from business letterhead to branding for shopping centers. In the book, which he both wrote and designed, Sutnar laid out his graphic design principles - grounded in rationality, with a focus on type and a sharply edited color palette - and illustrated them using his own work. " a window into one of the great design minds of the twentieth century."-Ellen Lupton "Sampler was an accomplished graphic designer; in fact, he became one of the first African-American architectural graphic designers in Los Angeles."-swann.…

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Title
LADISLAV SUTNAR: Visual Design in Action / Principles, Purposes
Author
Sutnar, Ladislav
Publisher
Hastings House, New York
Publication year
1961
Condition
Near fine
Dust jacket
Near fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First edition.
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Lost Horizon Bookstore is a family run business, established in downtown Santa Barbara in 1983. We have recently moved to the upper village of Montecito , CA. We have a small, but select stock, ranging in price from a few dollars to several thousand. We have an excellent selection of books in the fields of Art, Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts. We are also strong in Western and California History, Archaeology and Ethnographic Art. Hours: Mon-Sat, 11-6.

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