Fritz Kredel, 1900-1973 : a comprehensive list of Kredel's work / by Mathilde Kredel Brown ; with essays by Gay Walker, Hermann Zapf, & Ronald Salter ; published on the occasion of Fritz Kredel's centennial and exhibitions at The Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, The Grolier Club, New York City, Odenwald Museum, Michelstadt, Germany ; edited by Mathilde Kredel Brown & Judith Kredel Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Mathilde Kredel, author.

Contributor:

Walker, Gay, contributor.

Zapf, Hermann, contributor.

Salter, Ronald, contributor.

Brown, Judith K., editor.

Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer.

Grolier Club, publisher, host institution.

Yale University. Arts of the Book Collection, host institution.

Odenwaldmuseum, host institution.

Atha Tehon Thiras Art and Design Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973--Catalogues raissonnés.

Kredel, Fritz.

Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973--Bibliography.

Kredel, Fritz, 1900-1973.

Yale University. Arts of the Book Collection--Exhibitions.

Yale University.

Yale University. Arts of the Book Collection.

Grolier Club--Exhibitions.

Grolier Club.

Odenwaldmuseum--Exhibitions.

Odenwaldmuseum.

Illustration of books--Germany--20th century--Exhibitions.

Illustration of books.

Illustration of books--United States--20th century--Exhibitions.

United States.

Germany.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Stempel Garamond.

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Wilhelm Klingsporschrift.

Mohawk (Paper).

Mountie (Paper).

Catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

135 pages : color illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Fritz Kredel

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Grolier Club, 2000.

Contents:

The Fritz Kredel Centennial Celebration / Mathilde Kredel Brown

Memories of My Father / Judith Kredel Brown

The Artistry of Fritz Kredel / Gay Walker, Curator 1979-1990, Arts of the Book, Yale University

The World of Fritz Kredel / Hermann Zapf (English text)

Die Welt um Fritz Kredel / Hermann Zapf (German test)

The Mediation of Tradition in Fritz Kredel's Illustrative Work / Ronald Salter, Professor of German Literature, Tufts University

Chronological List of Works by Fritz Kredel / Bibliography by Mathilde Kredel Brown

Illustration of Fritz Kredel's Work.

Notes:

"Set in Stempel Garamond and Rudolf Koch's Wilhelm Klingsporschrift. Printed on Mohawk and Mountie papers. Designed by Jerry Kelly."--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy and Vilain-Wieck Collection copy have blue paper wrapper with black title on spine and front cover.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018.

OCLC:

44887522