Herbert Matter: Foto-Grafiker, Sehformen der Zeit, das Werk der Zwanziger und Dreissiger Jahre [Herbert Matter: Photo–Graphic Designer, Visual Forms of the Time, The Works of the 1920s and 1930s], 1995. Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie and Verlag Lars Müller, Switzerland. 9.625 x 12, pp. 126 with German text.
Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name by the Swiss Foundation for Photography (Fotostiftung Schweiz) at the Kunsthaus Zürich from October 6 to December 3, 1995.
Heavily illustrated with (123) black and white and color images (some full page) featuring Herbert Matter's (1907–84) accomplished career as a photographer and graphic designer in Engelberg, Geneva, Paris and Zurich before arriving in New York City — mostly covering the period between c. 1924 to 1939.
Featuring a Foreword by Walter Binder and several contributions: Markus Britschgi (re: Matter’s role models and impact in Engelberg), Adrian Bättig (re: Matter’s photo-graphic design work in the 1930s), Armin Hofmann (a review) and others including a reproduction of an English letter by Robert Frank to Matter in 1995. Matter’s Biography and short Bibliography at the end.
A nearly fine hardcover with faint marks to the red edges and covers. Interior pages are clean and bright with navy blue endpapers. No dust jacket as issued.