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Grafická škola Jaroslava Švába Officina Pragensis [The Jaroslav Šváb School of Graphic Arts: Officina Pragensis]
Prospectus for design school started by Šváb after Sutnar departed to America and which he successfully managed to operate for the first years of the Nazi occupation. Show many examples of his work, and work completed by his students. 44p in wrappers. (Oblong 8vo.)
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20 Let ČSSR [Twenty Years of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic], 1965
Inscribed folding award portfolio presented to Šváb, in recognition of his winning the design and art competition created by the Czechoslovak government to commemorate the 20th anniversary of communist Czechoslovakia. (4to.)
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Řezác, Jan. Písmo jako symbol a objekt v tvorbě Jaroslava Švaba [The Letter as a Symbol and Object in the Work of Jaroslav Švab]. Prague: Klub přátel výtvarného umění, 1967
8vo, 24 pp. Gatherings loosely inserted. Řezác essay and a partial list of Švab's wrapper and binding designs
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Skvosty Drobné Grafiky [Gems of Small Graphics], 1965
Printed catalog for an exhibition of Švab's work. (8vo.)
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Výtvarna práce Jaroslava Švaba [The Art Works of Jaroslav Šváb], 1956
An overview of Švab's work, published in conjunction with a 1956 exhibition of held by the Hollar artist's national cooperative in Prague. (8vo.)
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Jaroslav Šváb– zasloužilý umelec [Jaroslav Šváb: Meritorious Artist], 1984
Elegant monograph published at the time of Šváb's 1984 retrospective exhibition in Prague. Signed by Svab, and with an original signed lithograph laid-in. This publication also provides a multi-page list of Svab's exhibitions and awards from the early 1930s until time of publication. (4to.)
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Jaroslav Šváb– nova adresa, Circa 1940
Lithographic card created by Šváb to announce a change in the address of his studio, circa 1940. Shows a river and street scene from his new studio window. (21 x 11cm)
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Jaroslav Šváb: Malá galerie Československého spisovatele [Jaroslav Šváb: Little Gallery of Czechoslovak Writers], 1976
4pp folding program for an exhibition of Šváb's work held in Prague
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Jaroslav Šváb: Galerie Fronta, 1966
Catalog for an major retrospective of Šváb's work from 1929 to 1966, held at Galerie Fronta in Prague. 20pp. Including an English-language digest of the artist's biography, awards and accomplishments. This is Šváb's own copy of this pamphlet, with his penned notations. (8vo.)
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Jaroslav Šváb: Galerie Fronta, 1966
Second variation of a catalog for Šváb's 1966 exhibition, with different text and illustrations. (8vo.)
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Z díla Jaroslava Švaba [From The Work of Jaroslav Švab]
Abstract of an extended illustrated art and design journal article on Švab's work, circa 1980. Signed by the artist. (4to.)
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Jaroslavu Švabovi k padesatce [Jaroslav Švab at Fifty], 1966
Abstract from an art magazine regarding Švab's life and work, signed by the artist
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Přehlídka nové tvorby československých skladatelů [A Showcase of New Works by Czechoslovak Artists], 1957
Exhibition catalog for a large exhibition in Prague featuring Svab's work, wrappers designed by Svab. (8vo.)
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Methodika školního filmu [Film School Methodology], 1936
Wrappers designed by Svab. Ephemera laid-in. (8vo.)
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Nejkrasnejsi Kniha [The Most Beautiful Book]
Program for a Czechoslovak design competition sanctioned jointly by several state entities, which was won by Jaroslav Švab. (16mo.)
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Jaroslav Švab's handwritten greetings on an otherwise blank card
Clearly an early stage of an exercise toward designing a New Year's card. Circa 1940. (8vo)
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Prospekt edice skvosty [Prospectus of the Publisher Edice Skvosty], 1954
Deluxe illustrated brochure portfolio designed by Svab for this state-controlled arts publisher. 8p in wrappers. (4to.)
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Hlaváček, Luboš. Jaroslav Šváb. Prague: Edice Grafika, 1966
Wrappers, cover and typo by Švab, and with (4) original linocuts, 67 black-and-white images and, 8 bi-color inserts. 100p. (22 x 25 cm). The important 1966 monograph on Švab's work, published in the year of his 50th birthday. Signed by the artist on the title page
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METROPROJECT Design Portfolio, Circa 1970
Paper portfolio with various penciled notations in JS's hand, containing the artist's complete submissions the Dopravni Podnik Hlavniho Mesta Prahy [Prague Public Transport Company] as Švab's submission to the national competition to design the logo for the new Prague Metro underground railways networks which were then under construction by Soviet construction crews. Containing various pencil sketches, (8) complete logo variations laid-down as silver print photographs on paper, a sheet of painted variations in Svab's hand showing possible color variations, (22) typographical font variations printed as silver prints, and a letter from the Public Transport Commission. This was Švab's final design project for a state-controlled entity
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Jiřího Wolker paracujícím, 1949
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Ostrov Arab
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Dvĕ Velké Ztracené Nadĕje Čské Poesie
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Ohnice uspořádal Kamil Bednář
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Vladimir Pazourek Pout hrdinova, 1948
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Vaclav Petr Praha, 1936
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Glenway Wescott Athénská Domácnost
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Sletová Vỷstava, 1938
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Knižní Kultura 7 (poster)