Page 18 - Swann Galleries - Modernist Posters - Sale 2314 - May 13, 2013
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WALTER SCHNACKENBERG (1880-1961)
12
●
DEUTSCHES THEATER. 1910.
47
3
/
4
x35 inches, 121
1
/
4
x89 cm. O. Consée, Munich.
Condition B: restoration and overpainting along vertical and horizontal folds; restoration and creases in
image; repaired tears in margins and image.
Schnackenberg studied with Franz von Stuck at the academy in Munich, and through his travels was
exposed to the work of Toulouse-Lautrec in Paris. The two artists shared a passion for depicting
nightlife, cabarets and performers, yet Schnackenberg’s theatrical vision was more attuned to the
prevailing German mood than fin-de-siècle Paris. His posters are an incarnation of the extravagance,
decadence and morbidity at the center of Weimar-era indulgences. Similarly to Toulouse-Lautrec in
Paris, Schnackenberg left behind a visual gallery of the demimonde of Munich’s night life; filled with
weird performers and dancers. Schnackenberg also worked extensively on theatrical and costume
design. This poster is a tribute to Toulouse-Lautrec’s work, with elements of
Divan Japonais,
the elegant
couple looking down at a performer on stage,
Jane Avril,
a high-leg kicking can-can dancer and
Moulin
Rouge,
of people seen in silhouette. Unlike Toulose-Lautrec, here the typography flows through the
image like the performer. Encyclopedie de l’Affiche p. 231.
[12,000/18,000]
