Der Querschnitt: England und die Engländer
Georg Trump
German, 1896–1985
c. 1931
A letterpress cover by Georg Trump for Der Querschnitt (c.1931) that pairs bold condensed headline typography with large geometric color fields to present the issue "England und die Engländer" as a deliberate modern visual statement.
You first register the heavy black masthead split by a pale vertical band, then the diagonally sliced orange and slate-blue triangles cutting across a warm yellow ground that force the eye along neat typographic columns.
A clear example of Weimar-era typographic modernism, it helped popularize the language of asymmetry, color planes, and strict hierarchy in magazine design that influenced commercial and editorial printing throughout the twentieth century.
Medium
Letterpress
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 7 1/8" (24.8 x 18.1 cm)
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Department
Credit
Jan Tschichold Collection, Gift of Philip Johnson
Accession
1000.1999
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