Book Cover: Olle Eksell, part 4
Swedish edition of "The Sheltering Sky". Cover by Olle Eksell, 1951.
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Olle Eksell, part 1 to...
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Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (buy)
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Swedish edition of "The Sheltering Sky". Cover by Olle Eksell, 1951.
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Olle Eksell, part 1 to...
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Book:
Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (buy)
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Posted by Martin Klasch 2 comments
Labels: 1950s, Book Covers, book design, graphic design, olle eksell
Olle Eksell made this book cover in 1950.
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Olle Eksell, part 1 to...
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Posted by Martin Klasch 4 comments
Labels: 1950s, Book Covers, book design, graphic design, olle eksell

In 1948 Olle Eksell created this cover for a Swedish literary magazine called "utsikt". The style is very much like some you'll find in Alvin Lustig's works I think. I haven't found proof of it but could Eksell been a student of Lustig's? He studied in LA after the war and Lustig taught there at the time...
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Related posts:
Olle Eksell, part 1
Alvin Lustig
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Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (buy)
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Posted by Martin Klasch 2 comments
Labels: 1940s, Alvin Lustig, graphic design, magazine covers, olle eksell, swedish