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Posters : the 20th-century poster : design of the avant-garde / by Dawn Ades ; with contributions by Robert Brown ... [et al.] ; Mildred Friedman, editor.

Title: Posters : the 20th-century poster : design of the avant-garde / by Dawn Ades ; with contributions by Robert Brown ... [et al.] ; Mildred Friedman, editor.
Author: Ades, Dawn
Publication: Minneapolis : Walker Art Center ; New York : Abbeville Press, [1990?]

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227 p. : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Alternative Title

20th-century poster.
Twentieth-century poster.
Design of the avant-garde.

Subject

1900-1999
Posters > 20th century > Themes, motives > Exhibitions

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Note

Produced in conjunction with an exhibition first shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, May 12-August 12, 1984.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Broadside to billboard / Mildred Friedman -- Posters at the turn of the century / Robert K. Brown -- Function and abstraction in poster design / Dawn Ades -- The Russian film poster: 1920-1930 / Alma Law -- Thoughts on the poster / Armin Hofmann -- Collecting graphic art / Merrill C. Berman and Alma Law -- Postscript: A third great avant-garde / Robert K. Brown.

ISBN

1558591303 (pbk.)

OCLC

24066396
SCSB-10185537

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Harvard Library