{"product_id":"lavater-warja-cendrillon","title":"LAVATER, Warja. Cendrillon.","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eA Symbolist Cinderella\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eLAVATER, Warja.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eCendrillon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e(\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eParis\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eMaeght Editeur\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e1976\u003c\/span\u003e) \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e[42] panels, folded accordion-style and attached to upper and lower boards.\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e160 x 112 mm.\u003c\/span\u003e) \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eOriginal blue cloth boards, upper board with printed paper label. In the original plexiglass slipcase.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eWith 20 double-page color lithograph illustrations, and folding key inside front cover.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eSmall scratches to slipcase, book in mint condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eA wonderfully inventive artist's book that reinterprets a classic fairy tale as a series painterly symbols.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 8.0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: justify;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eIn this work, Swiss artist and designer Warja Lavater translates the familiar Cinderella story into a purely visual narrative. Each character, object, or idea is represented by a specific abstract sign as designated in the opening key. For example, a blue and silver dot for Cinderella; and two orange and blue ovals for the glass slippers. The story unfolds across the long, continuous fold-out pages, where the viewer \"reads\" the tale from left to right like a pictorial score. This work is one of several experimental visual books, or \"Imageries,\" that the artist produced in the 1960s and 70s, each of which retells a classic tale using color-coded symbols and minimalist pictograms. A confluence of art, design, and semiotics, this work and Lavater's other \"Imageries\" are considered early examples of the modern artist's book, and continue to be fascinating examples of visual language and storytelling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eLavater (1913-2007) studied at the School of Applied Arts in Zurich under Ernest Keller, and began her career designing logos, trademarks, and posters for various companies and organizations. Following her move to New York City in 1958, Lavater began experimenting with visual symbolism and narrative abstraction. Her first pictographic work was \"William Tell,\" published for MoMA in 1962. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e(1037)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR-CA\" style=\"font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: FR-CA;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bricolage Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52529111531820,"sku":"1037","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/5978\/3212\/files\/1037_07.jpg?v=1767908201","url":"https:\/\/bricolagerarebooks.com\/products\/lavater-warja-cendrillon","provider":"Bricolage Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}