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Bode, Arnold
born 1900 in D - Kassel, died 1977
Kassel
poster to the exhibition II. documenta
1959 ( 11- Juli - 11. Oktober )
original design
colour offset / letterpress printing
178 cm x 85 cm (special size of Din A0), consisting of 3 separate parts
print: Schanze Kassel
design Arnold Bode, printed sign lower right
any restored slight traces of age and storing at the upper border, regarding the age in unused and good condition
(see additional pictures)
order no. 30580
To the design of the poster: "Zu den grundlegenden Gestaltungsmerkmalen gehören die Primärfarben". (Harald Kimpel, in: Lukatis 2017, p.33)
What applied to the first documenta poster also is valid to this poster:
"Dominantes Element ist das kleine 'd', jenes Grundmodul, das in Zukunft als das formale Bindeglied zwischen den wechselnden Konzepten des documenta-Designs fungieren wird." (Harald Kimpel, in: Lukatis 2017, p.32)
In this context I'd like to draw attention to the design of the catalogues of the göppinger galerie by Bode, which show a similarity to earlier works by Hans Hartmann (for example advertisement for Gygi & Co in Bern 1947) or by Kurt Wirth (for example poster for Kunsthalle Bern 1947).