Roy Kuhlman, reluctant modernist /
"This book is not just an inexcusably long overdue homage to the overwhelmingly enviable output of Roy Kuhlman the abstract painter turned graphic designer, credited with designing 700 book covers and jackets, in addition to countless other printed ephemera that flowed as though effortlessly of...
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| Language: | English |
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Seattle, WA :
Fantagraphics Underground, an imprint of Fantagraphics Books Inc.,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "This book is not just an inexcusably long overdue homage to the overwhelmingly enviable output of Roy Kuhlman the abstract painter turned graphic designer, credited with designing 700 book covers and jackets, in addition to countless other printed ephemera that flowed as though effortlessly off his drawing board onto the public stage. This is as much a tribute to his patron, Barney Rosset, publisher and founder of the combative Grove Press, who empowered a decidedly visionary designer to transcend strictures of mediocre book packaging convention to create an incomparable brand. This book is also a paean to Mid-Century Modern graphic design, a subset of that slippery concept of Modernism ..."--Foreword by Steven Heller, page 4. |
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| Physical Description: | 311 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781683965480 1683965485 |