Exhibit opening June 21: “George Salter: A Legacy of Book Design”

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LOCATION

Center for Jewish History

15 W. 16th St.

New York, NY 10011

ADMISSION

Members: Free

Non-members: Free

On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, there will be a reception and lecture to open the exhibit.

Reception: 6pm

Program: 6:30pm

Presentation by Thomas Hansen, Professor Emeritus of German at Wellesley College

Curator tour of the exhibit available after the program

“Salter’s designs reveal a graphic artist par excellence who devised some of the best solutions ever posed by the genre of the book jacket. Salter had the fortunate ability to reduce the illustrated paper cover to its essential elements. He could visually evoke – either by typography, calligraphy, or pictorial imagery – the atmosphere of a volume’s contents. In short, by placing the highest design standard at the service of the publishing trade, he achieved the marriage of commerce and art.” – Thomas Hansen, Professor Emeritus of German, Wellesley College

George Salter (1897-1967) was one of the most prolific and influential book designers of the 20th century whose distinguished career included works for all the major publishing houses in both the United States and Germany. His legacy of design still reverberates in current design of both book jackets and contemporary advertising. Thomas Hansen, author of “Classic Book Jackets: The Design Legacy of George Salter,” (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005) will give a lecture on Salter’s work and subsequent influence on publishing and commercial art.

Presented by the Center for Jewish History and the Leo Baeck Institute

http://programs.cjh.org/event/george-salter-a-legacy

https://www.lbi.org/events/george-salter-legacy-book-design-exhibit-opening/

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