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CHARLES KUHN (1903-1999)
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TELEPHONE INTERNATIONAL. 1930.
49
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2
x34
3
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4
inches, 125
3
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4
x88
1
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4
cm. Wolfsberg, Zurich.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; creases and scuffing at edges and in image. Framed.
Trained as an apprentice in the Wolfsberg printing plant, Kuhn went on to open his own graphic
design studio. He was very active during the 1940s and won several awards for his work, including this
campaign for the Swiss Telephone Company. This simple, direct form of visual communication is
built around a photomontage of a hand with a telephone superimposed over a stylized map of Europe,
on which the ear-piece is connected to major European cities by red lines. Werbestil p. 159, Fundacion
Barrie no. 44.
[1,500/2,000]