{"product_id":"roy-kuhlman-reluctant-modernist-9781683965480","title":"Roy Kuhlman: Reluctant Modernist","description":"The legacy of Grove Press is well known within literary circles: how Barney Rosset bought a fledgling but failing publishing company in the early 1950s and changed the world of letters in America, and perhaps the very culture as well. Grove Press brought to national prominence the writers, art, and artists of the avant-garde. Equally innovative, and ultimately as influential, Grove Press book covers reflected not only the work inside, but also the prevailing zeitgeist. The iconoclastic writing was echoed in the packaging, a marriage of imagery and the written word that had not been seen before, or, perhaps, since. \u003cp\u003eThe covers, the work of a young artist named Roy Kuhlman, who arrived on Grove's doorstep in 1951, contributed invaluably to the company's image as a distinguished and innovative publishing house. Work from all of Kuhlman's oeuvre is included in this handsome volume, over 300 in all, with an emphasis on the Grove covers. To date, the public has seen little of Kuhlmans's total creative output. It is all assembled here for the first time, displaying depth, variety, and innovation. It is at once illustrative, abstract, conceptual, comical, serious and revolutionary. This book is a celebration of and a tribute to this important designer's creative métier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Brower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Underground - Fu Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683965480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrower, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Brower\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning former Creative Director for \u003cem\u003ePrint\u003c\/em\u003e, a former art director at the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, co-author and designer of \u003cem\u003eWoody Guthrie Artworks\u003c\/em\u003e (Rizzoli, 2005), and author of \u003cem\u003eSatchmo: The Wonderful Art and World of Louis Armstrong\u003c\/em\u003e (Abrams, 2009). He is on the faculty of Kean University in Union, NJ, Marywood University in Scranton, PA, and The School of Visual Arts in New York City.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeller, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSteven Heller\u003c\/strong\u003e is an authority on graphic design, so much so that the AIGA's Cultural Commentary prize is in his name.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Steven Brower \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834208305309,"sku":"9781683965480","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b478b508-b47b-428e-8d17-ca9d1e67dd93.jpg?v=1776146371","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/roy-kuhlman-reluctant-modernist-9781683965480","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}