Chicago modernism & the Ludlow Typograph : Douglas C. McMurtrie and Robert Hunter Middleton at work...
Chicago modernism & the Ludlow Typograph : Douglas C. McMurtrie and Robert Hunter Middleton at work...
Chicago modernism & the Ludlow Typograph : Douglas C. McMurtrie and Robert Hunter Middleton at work / Paul F. Gehl.
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Publisher
Newtown, NSW : Opifex, 2020.
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H 2021/0301
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
vii, 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portrait ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
In the Metropolis of printing -- Type markets and type men -- McMurtrie kicks off a Modernist campaign -- McMurtrie's first Modernist claims, presented in Some modern Ludlow typefaces -- Professional modernism -- Two men, two missions -- Middleton speaks up -- Not just Mutt and Jeff -- Some thoughts...
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Publisher
Newtown, NSW : Opifex, 2020.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"This is the first book to provide a narrative account of type design in Chicago during the years 1925 to 1950, when American typographers and graphic artists confronted the arrival of European modernism. Robert Hunter Middleton and Douglas McMurtrie were prominent in the period and spoke for Chicago in the national debates. Neither man was a Chica...
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Full title
Chicago modernism & the Ludlow Typograph : Douglas C. McMurtrie and Robert Hunter Middleton at work / Paul F. Gehl.
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Notes
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Includes color reproduction of the type specimen: Some modern Ludlow typefaces / Douglas C. McMurtrie. [Chicago, Ill.] : [Ludlow Typograph Co.], [1929].
Includes bibliographical references.
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©2020.
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H 2021/0301
Record Identifier
74VKaKEwBrkA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaKEwBrkA
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ISBN
0648680711
9780648680710 paperback
DDC
686.22
MMS ID
991024364014302626
