peter alma (Piet Zwart) Boston2023 Van der Leck turned to

Van der Leck turned to graphic design—an artist’s last resort

The Age of the Auto covers the age of the auto as observed by Lester Beall

“Doubly gifted

the book gradually takes shape before your eyes

It encouraged a move away from expressive abstraction toward a mathematical and geometric rationality

peter alma (Piet Zwart) Boston2023 Van der Leck turned toPeter Alma was a Dutch artist and designer, working with Gerd Arntz and Augustin Tschinkel on the development of Isotypes. In 1966 he turned 80 and there was an exhibition of his work a the Stedelijk Museum and Piet Zwart designed the catalogue. This is that catalogue. Zwart would have been 81 at the time, so this is a good showing of his very mature work and a good showing of Almas life work.