XANTI SCHAWINSKY (1904-1979)
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1934
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XII / SI. 1934.
37
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x25
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inches, 95
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x65
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cm. Alfieri E Lacroiz, Milan.
Condition B: tape on verso along tears at left edge; tears and staining along sharp vertical and horizontal
folds; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper.
Schawinsky studied in Zurich, Cologne, Berlin, with the Bauhaus in Weimar and worked in the
Boggieri Studio in Milan for some of Italy’s most prestigious advertising clients (such as Motta,
Olivetti, Illy and the Italia Cosulich Lines). In 1936 he emigrated to America, at the behest of Josef
Albers, who invited him to teach at Black Mountain College, where Schawinsky remained for the
duration of the war, working with such luminaries as Breuer and Walter Gropius. This image was
included in the April, 1934 issue of the Italian magazine
Il Revista Illustrata del Popollo
. Enyclopedie de
l’Affiche p. 356, Berman p. 57 fig 2.6, no. 2, Le Coultre p. 50, Consenso p. 22, Design Graphique 76.
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