"William Tell" 1962 HONEGGER-LAVATER, Warja [drawn by]

Warja Lavater (28 September 1913 – 3 May 2007) was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books that re-tell classic fairy tales with symbols rather than words (or even pictures).

22 panels

The Museum of Modern Art

1962

This edition consists of 4050 copies: 2000 in English

4 3/4" x 3 1/2"

83"L extended

Single sheet lithograph in the accordion style

An imaginative retelling of William Tell void of any words or pictures, and told entirely through fourteen shapes and symbols.

Drawn by Warja Honegger Lavater

VG

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