{"product_id":"piet-zwart-5","title":"Piet ZWART","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003eamsterdam – batavia door de lucht ook post van U\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003e?\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e9 leaves printed on both sides with photomontage and orange and black typographic design.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eOblong 8vo., 150 x 110 mm, staple bound in blue wrappers covering half the sheet size to reveal the first and last leaves.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e[Amsterdam]: P.T.T. Central Board, 1929.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003eA rare and early example of Piet Zwart’s collaboration with the Netherlands Posterijen, Telegrafie en Telefonie [P.T.T.].\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eZwart’s deft use of photomontage and ‘new typography’ illustrates the capabilities of the P.T.T. to deliver mail quickly to all corners of the Dutch colonial empire.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFully illustrated publications like the present example are far more uncommon than less substantial pamphlets and brochures designed by Zwart around the same time.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003eWorldcat finds just three copies in the US at the Wolfsonian, Northwestern and the Art Institute of Chicago.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eCovers with some sun fading, overall a very good, appealing copy.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ePiet Zwart, Works from the Merrill C. Berman Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, p. 62.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calab Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51950258422081,"sku":null,"price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/3547\/7825\/files\/web_3fd1f4ba-4320-4496-bab6-9bd3afc863f3.jpg?v=1783526017","url":"https:\/\/www.calabrarebooks.com\/products\/piet-zwart-5","provider":"Calab Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}