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XANTI SCHAWINSKY (1904-1979) 1934 • XII / SI. 1934. 37 1/2x25 3/4 inches, 95 1/4x65 1/2 cm. Alfieri E Lacroiz, Milan. Condition B: tape on verso along tears at left edge; tears and staining along sharp vertical and horizontal folds; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. Schawinsky studied in Zurich, Cologne, Berlin, with the Bauhaus in Weimar and worked in the Boggieri Studio in Milan for some of Italy's most prestigious advertising clients (such as Motta, Olivetti, Illy and the Italia Cosulich Lines). In 1936 he emigrated to America, at the behest of Josef Albers, who invited him to teach at Black Mountain College, where Schawinsky remained for the duration of the war, working with such luminaries as Breuer and Walter Gropius. This image was included in the April, 1934 issue of the Italian magazine Il Revista Illustrata del Popollo. Enyclopedie de l'Affiche p. 356, Berman p. 57 fig 2.6, no. 2, Le Coultre p. 50, Consenso p. 22, Design Graphique 76.
