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Saturday, 02 December 2017, 02:00 pm
Lot 2025
Walther Koch, 1875-1915 (DE)
Davos Schatzalp-Schlittelbahn, 1911
Lithograph printed in colors.
H 1035 mm W 735 mm.
Graph. Anstalt J.E. Wolfensberger Zürich
| * | CHF | 4'000 / 7'000 |
| * | EUR | 3'600 / 6'000 |
| * | USD | 4'200 / 7'400 |
Hammer Price: CHF 6'500
Annotation:
Condition: A-/L.
Literature:
Giroud 2006. Page 66, No. 42;
Thalmann 2004. Page 52, No. 73;
Exhibition catalog. Chur 1983. Page 47, No. 14;
Wobmann 1980. No. 34, Page 45, No. 34.
There are only few known posters by the painter and designer Walther Koch. Many of them show important sports events in Davos, and among them is this advertisement for the Davos Schatzalp toboggan run – a rare Wolfensberger stone lithograph and an interesting historical document.