Page 9 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013
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RICHARD MÜLLER (1874-1954)
2
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KUNSTANSTALT / WILHELM HOFFMANN. 1896.
57
3
/
4
x41 inches, 146
3
/
4
x104 cm. Wilhelm Hoffmann, Dresden.
Condition B: repaired tears, restored losses and abrasions in margins and image; restoration along vertical
and horizontal folds; creases in image. Two-sheets.
Wilhelm Hoffmann was among the first printers to advertise the business of printing posters. Most
well-known is the poster designed in 1896 by Otto Fischer, promoting Hoffmann’s Studio of Modern
Posters in Dresden, which appeared in the
Maîtres de l’Affiche
, garnering recognition from poster
aficionados around the world. That same year, Hoffman issued this other
RARE
poster, which is a
masterful typographic flight of fancy, combining Jugendstil decorative elements with intricate lettering
in different sizes and colors. DFP-III 2291, Reims 1103, Sponsel p. 265.
[3,000/4,000]
MODERNIST POSTERS
Public Auction Sale 2314 Monday, May 13, 2013 1:30 p.m.
DESCRIPTIONS
For an explanation of how the posters are described and a guide to the symbols used, please refer
to the section “Supplemental advice” which appears at the beginning of the catalogue.
