Blick über Wien

Photo: Peter Pesseg. License: All Rights Reserved.

In 1964 the Vienna International Garden Show (Wiener Internationale Gartenausstellung, WIG) was opened. The show marked the start of a new era in post-war Vienna. The newBenguiat Caslon, late 1960s) and modern (Antique Olive, 1962) at the time and although very different, they still are very typical representatives of the 1960s/70s.

The picture was taken in the exhibition The 1964 Vienna International Garden Show –

Green post-war modernism shown in the Wien Museum till the end of August 2014.