OTTOMAR ANTON (1895-1976)
14 WHITE STAR LINE / AMERICAN
LINE / NACH AMERIKA. Circa 1930.
38
1
/
4
x27
1
/
2
inches, 97x70 cm. Langebartels &
Jurgens, Altona.
Condition B+: tears and creases at side edges;
discoloration in margins; light foxing in image; metal
strips affixed to top and bottom margins. Paper.
Anton designed posters for several German
shipping lines during the 1930s including the
American Line, Hamburg-American Line,
Norddeutscher Lloyd-Bremen, Hamburg South
America Steamship Company and Cunard. Both
the White Star Line and the American Line were
part of J.P. Morgan’s International Mercantile
Marine Company. This is the larger format.
[1,500/2,000]
HELGE REFN (1908-1985)
13 D.F.D.S. 1938.
39
1
/
4
x24
3
/
4
inches, 100x63 cm. Winther &
Winther, [Copenhagen.]
Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration
along left edge, some slightly affecting image.
At the beginning of the 1930s, Helge Refn
studied in Paris with Fernand Léger. His time
in France lent a French touch to his work
uncommonly seen in Danish posters, as most
Danish graphic artists of the era followed in the
German style. Refn was a set designer in
Stockholm, Denmark, Finland and Norway
and he also designed posters for Tivoli, the
Danish Railway and various other companies.
Here, he cleverly reinforces the idea of sea travel
by showing us a “luggage label” on the corner
of a trunk.
[800/1,200]
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