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Munsing, Stefan P.
born 1915 in Missouri, died 1994 in Washington D.C.
Galerie des Central Collecting Point am Königsplatz, München
poster for the exhibition Deutsches Kunst Preisausschreiben
Blevins Davis Awards
1950
original design
colour offset on thin paper
61 cm x 86 cm
printer Graphische Kunstanstalt Huber KG München
unknown edition, very rare
traces of age, paper losses at the borders, heavy traces of glue at the back, tears
order no.: 24273
Simple and fine poster design, important for the post-war period, progressiv and with influence to the first documenta poster!
Munsing "designed many exhibition posters and catalogues which modern layout attracted much attention" (Lauterbach, 2015, S.203).
See also our catalogue "From Arp to Pollock: Art and Exhibition Posters in France and Germany 1945-1960", Cologne 2016, p. 104 f.
Compare to the poster, to the competition, to the American culture politics and to Stefan P. Munsing the book by Lauterbach, Iris: Der Central Collecting Point in München. Kunstschutz, Restitution, Neubeginn. Berlin, München 2015, p. 199 ff., also the pictures p. 208 and p.207