Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

SVEN HENRIKSEN (1890-1935) 71 c VISIT DENMARK / THE LAND OF FINE BATHING. Circa 1930s. 39 1 / 2 x24 3 / 4 inches, 100 1 / 4 x63 cm. Cato, Copenhagen. Condition A-: minor repaired tears and creases at edges. Matted and framed. “Sven Henriksen is a relatively unknown but utterly brilliant poster artist who had a simple and very effective, German-inspired style. He was the only one of the cartoonists in the Danish poster art’s golden age, exclusively specialized in poster production, and he was an experienced manufacturer of very beautiful and eye-catching posters” ( danskplakatkunst.dk) . [700/1,000]