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New Furniture by Werner Blaser
Artist: Celestino Piatti
Year: 1958
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
About this poster
In this poster for ‘Wohnbedarf Basel’, a home products retailer, Celestino Piatti drew attention to a new series of furniture designed by the architect Werner Blaser in 1958. With a constructive design, geometric composition and the use of just lower-case letters, Piatti created a masterpiece of his own.
Artist: Celestino Piatti
Celestino Piatti was born in 1922 in Wangen, Switzerland and died in 2007. He was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Art School) in Zurich and did an apprenticeship as a graphic designer. He worked for the workshop of Fritz Bühler in Basel, before opening his own studio with his wife Marianne Piatti-Stricker who was an illustrator. Piatti created a large number of posters and worked as a graphic designer for Swi... more
Celestino Piatti was born in 1922 in Wangen, Switzerland and died in 2007. He was educated at the Kunstgewerbeschule (Art School) in Zurich and did an appren ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 2499
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- Printer: Wassermann AG, Basel, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Letterpress
- Condition:
A-
Very good condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. - Category:
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- Publications:Schweizer Grafik: Die Entwicklung eines internationalen Stils 1920-1965
Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style 1920 - 1965
