Alexey Brodovitch designbrief (Ward Ritchie)

(Ward Ritchie)

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

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

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Alexey Brodovitch designbrief (Ward Ritchie)A 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,