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NR.5-Typographic Process, Typographis als < Malerei> [Typography as ], from the School of Design, Basel

Catalog Data

Designer:
Wolfgang Weingart, Swiss, 1941–2021  Search this
Medium:
Offset lithograph on newsprint
Dimensions:
87.8 x 61.6 cm (34 9/16 x 24 1/4 in. )
Type:
graphic design
Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Made in:
Switzerland
Date:
1974
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
At upper left center in large black block leters, NR.5. Below, poster design incorporates the letters TEE [Trans Europe Express] in various tonal gradation formed by the linear division of the typographic fonts. At left the cover of the book is presented with a suggestion of mountains constructed with thin lines and the sun represented as a simple black dot (typography as landscape) and at upper right center Zurich is shown with short diagonal llines suggesting rain. The other stops of the railway line from Switzerland to Milan are, at lower left, Lugano; at lower right Como.
At upper left a text block describing the projects described above and at upper left the educational agenda from the School of Design, Basel that was the basis for the poster series.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ken Friedman
Accession Number:
1997-19-141
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq482434c2f-4e92-4352-aa79-285eea90f76a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1997-19-141