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Saturday, 01 December 2018, 02:00 pm

Otto Baumberger, Internationales Flugmeeting Zürich

Lot 2104

Otto Baumberger, 1889-1961 (CH)

Internationales Flugmeeting Zürich, 1932

Lithograph printed in colors.
H 1280 mm W 900 mm.

Gebr. Fretz A.G. Zurich

CHF2'000 / 4'000
EUR1'800 / 3'600
USD2'100 / 4'200

Hammer Price: CHF 2'000

Annotation:

Condition: A-.

Literature:
Giroud 2008, No. 103.
Reihe Poster Collection 18, 2008, page 77, No. 82.
Rotzler/Schärer/Wobmann 1990, page 140.
Reihe Plakatgestalter 4, 1988, page 49, No. 173.
Triet/Wobmann 1983, page 13, No. 5.

The prominent Zurich graphic designer Otto Baumberger created his first posters in 1911, but his most intensive creative period as a poster designer was during the 1920s and 1930s. He designed far more than 200 posters, which brought him great national and international recognition and made him one of the most influential poster designers of the interwar period. This beautiful stone lithograph for the Zurich aviation meeting of 1932 is especially remarkable due to the simplicity of its design. A true rarity for any poster enthusiast.