Illus. and design by Oskar Garvens, book cover, Germany, 1925
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Photomontage by John Heartfield, book cover, Germany, 1927
Illus. and design by Frans Masreel, book cover, Germany, 1925
Illus. by “NB,” book cover, Germany, 1932
Poster design by Alex Keil, featuring book cover, Germany, 1930
Book cover by Franz Peffer, using publisher logo of Karl Schulpig, Germany, 1929
Design by A. K. Hemberger, book cover, Germany, 1930
Design by Lucian Bernhard and Fritz Rosen, book cover, Germany, 1929
Illus. and design by Hans Bellmer, book cover, Germany, 1925
Illus. and design by “N,” book cover, Germany, 1928
Illus. and cover design by George Grosz, for his own book, Germany, 1923
Illus. and design by Anna Lesznai, book cover, Germany, 1925
Design by Hans Th. Hoyer (“HH”), book cover, Germany, 1926
Raoul Hausmann, book cover (by Hausmann), Germany, 1921
Graphic and design by Adrien Turel, book cover, Germany, 1931
Joachim Karsch, book cover, Germany, 1933
Illus. by “R.C.R.,” book cover by George Salter, German edition of Difficult Death, 1930
One of my favorite books
Hannah Hoch, book cover, Germany, 1920
collage by a five-year-old, book cover, Germany, 1933
Tom (Martha G.) Seidmann-Freud, book cover, Germany, 1923
Tom (Martha G.) Seidmann-Freud, book cover, Germany, 1924
Russian-language Tolstoy book published in Germany, 1923, cover by Wassilij N. Masjutin
Max Graeser, book cover, Germany, 1925
Ringelnatz, book cover, Germany, 1924
Heinz Fuchs, poster, Germany, 1919
I feature here twenty-five book covers and posters from the out-of-print book Blickfang: Bucheinbände und Schutzumschläge Berliner Verlage 1919 – 1933 (Holstein, 2005), ISBN 9783000147869.
This massive book features a thousand images, and it was not easy to select only twenty-five. Graphic design titans like Jan Tschichold, George Salter, Herbert Bayer, and Herbert Matter rub shoulders with Hans Bellmer, John Heartfield, Hanna Hoch, and a gaggle of Expressionists and Dadaists. It’s an overwhelming visual feast summed up by new favorite German word “Blickfang”: “eye catcher.”
Previously:
–Japanese book covers 1 & 2
–Slovak book covers 1 & 2
–Polish book covers 1 & 2
–Indian book covers 1 & 2
