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HERBERT BAYER

1900 -1985

 

 

BAYER brought the authentic smack of BAUHAUS to FORTUNE. He settled in the States in 1938, his work having been shown in the DEGENERATE ART show (He had nevertheless designed a cheery brochure about life in Germany for the tourists arriving at Hitler's Olympics).

 

cover, Sept 1939

cover, August 1940

see A. Cohen, Herbert Bayer: The Complete Work. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1984

 

letter re FORTUNE

 

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