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JOSEF MÜLLER-BROCKMANN (1914-1996) SCHÜTZT DAS KIND! 1953. 50x35 inches, 127x88 1/2 cm. Lithographie & Cartonnage, Zurich. Condition A: creases in image. The undisputed leader of the Zurich postwar graphic school, Müller-Brockmann, who was a designer, typographer, teacher and author, also left behind several historically important poster series, such as the strictly typographic posters with abstract lines that he created for Musica Viva, and the series of powerful photomontages commissioned in the 1950s by the Automobile Club of which this poster is the most. Here Müller-Brockmann combines the influence of Matter in his use of photography and the dynamic "mise en page" rules of constructivism with his own strict, clean style. The result is quite striking: utilizing a diagonal, the image features a huge motorcycle meanacingly bearing down on a child playing. Brockmann p. 140, Swiss Posters 53.21, Margadant 176, Schindler 168, Plakat Schweiz p. 68, Photoplakat 163, Word & Image, p.108.
