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(ADVERTISING DESIGN.)
Group of over 50 designs by Robert Michel for
The Kahl Company.
Archive of pieces from an advertising campaign that includes
envelopes, order forms, brochures, labels, advertisements, postcards, stationery, and bags for
products (vegetable seeds and bird food), and a postcard containing a reproduction of one
of Michel’s designs, addressed to Walter Gropius, as director of the Bauhaus in Dessau.
Various sizes, some printed in colors, condition very good overall. (IO).
Frankfurt-am-Main, mostly 1927-30
[1,200/1,800]
A NICE ARCHIVE OF BAUHAUS AND NEUE TYPOGRAPHIE DESIGNS BY THE GERMAN
ARCHITECT AND COMMERCIAL ARTIST
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Michel and his wife, Ella Bergman Michel, were
associated with the Bauhaus. He worked in Frankfurt for many years designing glass houses
and filling stations. As a commercial artist, he was a member of Ring Neuer Werbegestalter and
participated in Société Anonyme exhibitions in the United States, as well as the Internationale
Kunst der Werbung organized by Max Burchartz. His work is represented in the Yale
University Art Gallery and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, gifted by architect
Philip Johnson from the Jan Tschichold Collection.
Samenhaus Kahl was a horticultural company specializing in bulbs, seeds, and gardening
equipment.
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(ART IN POLITICS.)
Group of 3 volumes.
Second volume with numerous
reproductions. 8vo, original wrappers, toned and separating, scattered chipping. (IO).
New York, 1937-42
[250/350]
Art as a Function of Government: A Survey. Second Edition. 1937 * American Artists
Congress 3rd Annual Membership Exhibition Feb 5-26, 1939. Cover designed by I. Rice
Pereira. 1939 * Artists in the War. Program of Conference and Catalog of Exhibition June
14, 1942.With an illustration and statement by Rockwell Kent. Artist’s League of America, 1942.
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PART I: LOTS 1-128
Book Arts, Design, Graphics, Printing & Typography
Featuring material from the inventory of the late Irving Oaklander
These items are noted (IO).
I...,II,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,...138