Herbert bayer cover design (2 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The large-format, June 1942 issue of Fortune Magazine, a publication known for its powerful graphic design elements, especially cover designs, as well as for its reportage and feature articles. The present issue sports a striking Herbert Bayer cover that typifies the Bauhaus master's modernist visual language, aligning typographic economy, visual hierarchy, and symbolic imagery with the topical theme of wartime science and industry. Also features a Bayer graphic in the related Synthetic Rubber article and a Bayer designed ad for Container Corporation of America. Laid in is the supplementary map titled The Atlantic Arena: Orthographic Series 1—folded in four, it opens to 21" x 26.5". Along with war reporting, the issue also contains an article titled "The Negro's War" illustrated with reproductions of paintings by Harlem Renaissance artists Romare Bearden (full-page) and Charles Henry Alston. Folio (11.25" x 14"), sewn pictorial wrappers, 212 pages, b/w and color illustrations throughout. War-related ads for companies such as Bethlehem Steel, Bridgeport Brass, Goodyear Aircraft, IBM, Monsanto, Martin Aircraft, Diebold, Boeing, Foster Wheeler, Baldwin Locomotive, Tuscan Steel, Dow Chemical, Hercules Cellulose, Asbestos Limited, Shell Oil, and others. Slight lean to spine. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities. A few tears at the top of the page with the Romare Bearden illustration. The cover appears remarkably fresh, the colors still bold and vibrant. The map looks as if it were rarely unfolded.…

Condición: Fine. Number of pages: 92p Size: 30 x 21cm Number of books: 1 book.