AIGA Journal Vol. IV, No. 1-2, 1952 [Alvin Lustig Designed Cover Only; Incomplete]

AIGA Journal Vol. IV, No. 1-2, 1952. Published five times a year and edited by Fritz Eichenberg, Eugene Ettenberg, Margaret Evans, Alvin Lustig, Irving Miller and Tobias Moss. The American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, USA. 8.5 x 11, 22 pp. (incomplete), printed silkscreen by the Pied Piper Press on a cover stock. With a hand-lettered front cover designed by Alvin Lustig (1915–1955).

This booklet is being offered for it’s original Alvin Lustig cover only. The booklet is incomplete and missing pages. See condition below.

A year before completing his legendary jacket designs for the New Directions, New Classic Series (1944-1953), modern design pioneer Alvin Lustig designed this silk-screened, hand-lettered cover while serving on the editorial committee of the AIGA Journal. “This ability to ‘see’ freshly, unencumbered by preconceived verbal, literary or moral ideas” he stated, ”is the first step in responding to most modern art.” — AIGA Journal, Vol. 3 No. 4, 1953. By 1954 Alvin Lustig was virtually blind; he died the following year on December 4, 1955 at the age of 40.

A very good, original and still bright silk-screened Alvin Lustig cover with wear and splits along the folds; a .5" split to the top and a 2" split to the bottom. The staples have been removed and pages and wrappers are now loose. This booklet is incomplete and missing many pages and reflected in the reduced price.