Graphis # 100

Published in Zurich by Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press, Graphis Magazine Issue No. 100 (Vol. 18, March/April 1962) stands as a landmark special jubilee edition of the internationally acclaimed periodical dedicated to graphic arts, advertising, and visual communication. Founded in Switzerland in 1944, Graphis became the definitive global platform for chronicling modernist design, typography, illustration, and commercial art. This special centennial issue is uniquely conceived as a comprehensive thematic monograph exploring the multifaceted cultural, historical, and symbolic representations of the sun across human civilization, art, and applied design.



Featuring a striking cover illustration designed by the celebrated Uruguayan-American printmaker and woodcut artist Antonio Frasconi, this voluminous 188-page edition features an extraordinary collection of scholarly essays and visual showcases. Contributions include Armin Kesser on the global distribution of sun cultures and ancient solar symbolism, William B. McDonald on Christian sun symbols, Prof. Dr. G. F. Hartlaub on the sun in alchemical sign-language, Dr. Willy Rotzler on the sun in advertising and applied art, Enrichette Eitter on Piero Fornasetti's sun motifs, Manuel Gasser on Frasconi's solar prints, and Dr. Reinhold Hohl on the sun in contemporary painting and sculpture. Packed with rich multi-color and monochrome plates, historic woodcuts, and avant-garde mid-century layouts, this milestone issue is an essential, highly prized collectible for graphic design historians, typography aficionados, and rare magazine collectors.