{"product_id":"pictograms-warja-lavater","title":"PICTOGRAMS WARJA LAVATER","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ProductMeta__Description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePictograms\u003c\/strong\u003e by Warja Lavater \/ ISBN 9783907179642 \/ 124-page paperback, 7.7 x 10 inches, co-published by Nieves and 50 Watts \/ a new reprint of the long-gone 2008 edition \/ published September 2023.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wonderful publication from this Swiss pioneer of artist's books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn early progenitor of the artist's book genre, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/50wattsbooks.com\/search?q=warja\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/50wattsbooks.com\/search?q=warja\"\u003eWarja Honegger-Lavater\u003c\/a\u003e was born in Winterthur, Switzerland in 1913. She worked as an illustrator for the magazine \u003cem\u003eJeunesse\u003c\/em\u003e from 1944-1958, and moved to New York shortly thereafter where she began a wonderful series of artist's books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese books were published between 1962 and 1971, an exceptionally ripe time for artists to turn to the bookform, a time when the most often cited \"first\" artist's book also appeared, \u003cem\u003eTwentysix Gasoline Stations\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) by Ed Ruscha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of Honegger-Lavater's books were made using the accordion-fold binding. Her aesthetic has been aptly described as \"very clean, very Swiss.\" Each book tells a story, sequentially, like traditional books, but varying from them by rarely using words. Instead she chooses a symbol to represent, for example, a character, as in the red dot standing in for Red Riding Hood in Little Red Riding Hood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 60 ink pictograms, drawn between 1976 and 1996, were originally printed individually as A2 plane prints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"50 WATTS BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672105439541,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/ScreenShot2023-09-13at3.06.19PM.png?v=1694642813","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/pictograms-warja-lavater","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}