Suite of 15 original woodcuts by Adrian Frutiger, accompanied by the text from the first chapter of Genesis. Printed in 140 copies, of which this is no. 116. Signed by Adrian Frutiger and with a dedication in his own hand.
Description: Leporello in the original folder and chemise, in the original slipcase. Quarto: 37 × 35 cm (slipcase); 40 pp. (20 printed sheets, assembled into a leporello), unpaginated, 15 woodcuts. ¶
Ref.: Osterer; Stamm: Adrian Frutiger. Birkhauser, 2009 ¶
Provenance: Signed and with dedication “Fur Frau und Herr Kunzli, Oktober 1990” by Adrian Frutiger. ¶
Condition: Slipcase with slight signs of wear, contents impeccable. ¶
Notes: Adrian Frutiger (1928–2015) was one of the most influential typeface designers of the 20th century. His typefaces Avenir, Frutiger, Didot and Univers are still present in our everyday lives decades after their creation. Frutiger designed Univers in 1957 for the type foundry Deberny & Peignot. Univers was the first typeface to be designed from the ground up as a family of weights. The text in ‘Au commencement …’ was typeset and printed by hand in Frutiger’s studio using the ‘original’ Univers 55 cast by Deberny & Peignot.
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$1460
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