Ausstellungspublikation

Glas aus vier Jahrtausenden

1956

Publishing Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Zürich, KGMZ, CH gegründet 1875

Author Hans Fischli CH, 1909 - 1989

Willy Rotzler CH, 1917 - 1994

Walter Dexel DE, 1890 - 1973

Design Carl B. Graf CH, 1926 - 1968

Photography Manfred Bingler

Walter Binder CH, 1931 - 2020

MediumBroschüre

DimensionsGrösse (HxB): 21 x 15 cm, 44 Seiten

Titles

ReihentitelWegleitungen des Kunstgewerbemuseums Zürich, Nr. 212

Description“One word and fifty-one letters, a minor masterpiece. For the manual typesetters of Basel, Robert Büchler puts the twenty-six letters of the alphabet into order, first the lower case, then the upper. The consonants are lined up vertically, next to the vowels. When he reaches the letter "t" he inserts the word "typographie". Absolute type.
Carl Graf makes the four words of the title rise in a masterful rhythm, for a toast to the four millennia of glass on display, while Lohse makes four pieces for Wohnbedarf—two curved and two straight, alternating—dance happily in the rigor of his modules.“
Bruno Monguzzi

Object numberGAD-1956-N02

DepartmentArchiv ZHdK

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Exhibitions

Credit LineZürcher Hochschule der Künste / Archiv