Alexey Brodovitch designbrief BOSTON ATHENAEUM Gift of the

BOSTON ATHENAEUM Gift of the Children of OAKES & BLANCHE AMES 1972

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The essays have been printed in the original Dutch and translated into English and French

For almost fifty years the acclaimed graphic designer made collages—and in those collages stamps and mail played an important role

They produce this handsome showing of types

Alexey Brodovitch designbrief BOSTON ATHENAEUM Gift of theA Russian who fled the Bolshevik Revolution to settle eventually in Paris and then New York, Alexey Brodovitch was one of the pioneers of graphic design in the twentieth century. This is the book about him. Brodovitch was Art Director of Harper's Bazaar for twenty four years; he designed and produced several exquisite and highly collectable books with collaborators such as Richard Avedon and Andr Kertsz; he was a talented photographer himself; and,