The Swiss-born artist (Basel, 1930) Karl Gerstner is known for his incorporation of the International Typographic Style. This style championed geometric shape, asymmetry, negative space and the lack of purely decorative elements.
Gerstner worked in the advertising industry and founded one of Switzerland’s most prosperous agencies, Gerstner + Kutter, in 1959. The agency grew to house offices in many major European cities. Upon exiting the advertising business, Gerstner worked in publishing and as an independent consultant. His art reflects his work in these graphic design-focused industries.
(Biography provided by Marlborough Graphics)
Die Neue Graphik/The New Graphic Art/Le Nouvel Art Graphique (Association Copy)
By Karl Gerstner
Located in New York, NY
Foundational tome on modern graphic design, tracing the field from its origins in the 19th century through the late 1950’s. Published in 1959 by Arthur Niggli in Switzerland with tex...
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$300
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Vintage Handmade Red and Mustard Backgammon Board, Folk Art Decor, Graphic Art
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful and graphic hand-crafted vintage backgammon board for function or decor. Would make striking wall art in a primitive or folk art setting. Origin unknown. Does not fold. Made...
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Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Eldred 1973
Located in valatie, NY
Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Robert Eldred August 1973. Red leather bound with gilt highlights. Presented to the consignor with a...
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Graphic Classics
Located in New York, NY
Discover 500 of the world’s greatest graphic designs in one big, bold, and brilliant volume This deep dive into graphic design history presents the work of more than 400 designers across 33 countries and 5 continents, with work dating back to the 14th century. Reimagined from the Phaidon best-seller Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter, the book’s dizzying array of designs range from the Gutenberg Bible to Joy Division album art, with work by both anonymous creators and industry icons such as Aleksandr Rodchenko, Paul Rand, Paula Scher, Ahn Sang-soo, and Julia Born. The generous format and two-part design structure allows designs to be shown in detail, with large images up front and a 300+ word text for each entry in the back – making this equal parts picture and reading book. A design category key adds functionality while indicating the sheer variety of disciplines at work within one medium, from advertising and information design to posters, books, magazines, and logos. This book is the perfect reference guide for design and art lovers, enthusiasts, and professionals at any stage of their careers, as well as all those interested in and impacted by visual communication. Carefully revised to bring every detail up to date, organized chronologically, and with the addition of 50 new examples that highlight designers reshaping the graphic culture of today, this collection is more comprehensive, compelling – and relevant – than ever before. Featured designers include: Reza Abedini, Otl Aicher, Herbert Bayer, Max Bill, Laurenz Brunner, A. M. Cassandre, Joseph Churchward, Alan Fletcher, Federica Fragapane, Graphic Thought Facility, Béla Horovitz, Eric Hu, Shira Inbar, Tibor Kalman, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Frith Kerr and Amelia Noble, Anita Klinz, El Lissitzky, George Lois, Karel Martens, Bruno Munari, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Hassan Rahim, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Stefan Sagmeister, Koichi Sato...
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$29,380Sale Price|25% Off
H 13 in W 10.63 in D 4.34 in
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599 Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...
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The Moderns: Mid-century American Graphic Design Hardcover 2017
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Moderns: Mid-century American Graphic Design Hardcover – September 19, 2017 by Steven Heller (Author), Greg D'Onofrio (Author). In The Moderns, we meet the men and women who inve...
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$59
H 8.25 in W 12 in D 0.25 in
Graphic Imperative Interntl Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment
Located in valatie, NY
The Graphic Imperative: International Posters for Peace, Social Justice & the Environment, 1965-2005 by Elizabeth Resnick. Massacchusetts College of Art...
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$13,861
H 33.08 in W 25.4 in D 0.04 in
Extremely Rare Copy of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independance, 1811
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Extremely rare copy of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independance 'Declaracion de Independencia de las Siete Provincias Unidas de Venezuela en Congreso de 5 de Julio de 1811' By Lorenzo Lüthy (c. 1811-1877), printed in Philadelphia, Peter S. Duval, 1841. Lithograph on laid paper, mounted in passepartout, H. 84 x W. 64.5 cm (with mount H. 96,5 x W. 77 cm.) Large and extremely rare lithographed broadside Declaration of Independence of Venezuela by American immigrant...
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$675
H 7.19 in W 5.25 in D 1.5 in
Andrew Lang, the Blue Poetry Book, Publisher's Presention Copy, 1891
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Lang, Andrew. Title: The Blue Poetry Book. Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891. Description: publisher's presention copy. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 5-1/4", blind stamped publisher's presentation to title page, illustrated by H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed...
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$7,500
H 11 in W 7 in D 0.5 in
SEUSS - GEISEL. How The Grinch Stole Christmas. FIRST ED & A PRESENTATION COPY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GEISEL, Theodore: (Dr. Seuss). TITLE: How The Grinch Stole Christmas. PUBLISHER: NY: Random House, 1957. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION AND AN EARLY PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol....
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$575
H 11.75 in W 9 in D 0.75 in
Carolina Rice Plantation of the 50's Signed by the Illustrator, Publisher's Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES: Narrative By Herbert Ravenel Sass, With Chapters From The Unpublished Memoirs Of D.E. Huger Smith. Publisher, New York: William Morrow, 1936. Signed 1st Ed hardcover with book plate of Ellen Doubleday, this was publishers personal copy. Illustrated with reproductions of 30 paintings in watercolor by and signed by Alice R. Huger Smith. The magic of the Low Country, the rice coast of South Carolina and Georgia has been captured with rare beauty and fidelity in the paintings of Alice R. Huger Smith. Her water-colors of sea-island beaches, of sea marshes, of black waters in cypress swamps...
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$25,000
H 9 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll). TITLE: Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. DESCRIPTION: PRE-...
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The Ware Chair Makers, by Sara Carlisle Watson, Signed Copy
Located in valatie, NY
The Ware Chair Makers by Sara Carlisle Watson. Signed by the Author. Bridgeton: Sara Carlisle Watson, 1986. Hardcover. 119 pp. A book on the collectable War...
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H 13.78 in W 13.78 in D 1.58 in
Mid-century Acrylic Wall Hanging Lenscope by Karl Gerstner Swiss, 1960s mobile
By Karl Gerstner
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Mid-century Acrylic Wall Hanging, titled "Lenscope" by Karl Gerstner Swiss, 1960s designed by Karl Gerstner for Deposito Galleria. Solid acrylic square with circular detail to the ce...
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Mid-century Acrylic Wall Hanging Lenscope by Karl Gerstner Swiss, 1960s
By Karl Gerstner
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Mid-century Acrylic Wall Hanging, titled "Lenscope" by Karl Gerstner Swiss, 1960s designed by Karl Gerstner for Deposito Galleria. Solid acrylic square with circular detail to the ce...
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.99 in
Karl Gerstner, Graphic "Colour-Sound" Edition Galerie Denise René, Paris
By Karl Gerstner, Denise René
Located in Munster, NRW
Designer of the famous SHELL logo, Karl Gerstner put out the "Color Sound" series in 1978. This signed and stamped print comes from Galerie Denise René, Pa...
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