Silkscreen Portfolio
1989 · Silkscreen prints on paper, Edition 6 of 20
70 × 50 × 2.5 cm (27 1/2 × 19 1/2 × 1 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Armin Hofmann
Artist
PrintmakingGeometric Abstraction
Representation
None documented
5
Institutional Exhibitions
36
Works in Collection
83
Assets Indexed
1
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0
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90%
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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The Modern Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
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Posters by Armin Hofmann
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Posters from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
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The Photographic Poster
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1964
About
Why this artist matters now
Armin Hofmann was a Swiss graphic designer and typographer whose work defined the visual language of Swiss modernism in the postwar era. Working primarily in typography, layout, and poster design, he developed a systematic approach to visual communication rooted in geometric abstraction and sans-serif typefaces. His teaching at the Basel School of Design shaped generations of designers across Europe and North America. Hofmann's method treated the grid and negative space as active compositional elements rather than neutral structures, establishing principles that became foundational to international design practice.
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