[Rarebooks] FS: Catalog of 19th and 20th century European poster art

[John Howell]

Offered today:

An exhibition catalog of 19th and 20th century European poster art from an exhibition held in Taiwan. Its Taipei imprint makes this a scarce item, and a great addition to a reference collection or for anyone interested in the history of the graphic arts.

National Taiwan Arts Education Institute.

Retrospective Silhouette: One Century of Posters.

Taipei: National Taiwan Arts Education Center, 1996.

4to.  11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches.  (178) pp.  Text in English and Mandarin.  100+ color plates, short essays; text clean, unmarked.  Color printed wrappers; binding square and tight, very minor shelf wear, slight bumping to foot of spine.  Near Fine.

$30

This is the catalog for an exhibition of poster art held at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall's Chung Cheng Gallery in downtown Taipei in 1996, focused on the work of 19th and 20th century poster illustrators including Jules Cheret, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Bonnard, Mucha and Steinlen.  These artists not only helped to change the face of advertising, but their depictions of social humanity were catalysts for a more modern way of thinking about gender and class.  The exhibition featured European works from the collection of Jacques-Paul Athias, as well as contemporary works of Taiwanese and mainland Chinese poster design.

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