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HANS AESCHBACH (1911-1999)

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SWISS ALPS CALLING. 1951.

40x25

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/

2

inches, 101

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2

x64 cm. Swiss National Tourist Office, Zurich.

Condition A: light creases in margins and image; minor abrasions at edges. Paper.

This is the english version. Alpi / Manifesti 81 (var).

[700/1,000]

HERBERT MATTER (1907-1984)

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ALL ROADS LEAD TO SWITZERLAND. 1935.

40x25

1

/

4

x101

1

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2

x64 cm.

Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; minor tears at edges; pin holes in corners. Paper.

Herbert Matter was a pioneer and early master of photomontage. This poster is part of the

extraordinary series of Swiss travel posters he made between 1934-36, all consisting of close-up images

that seem to spring out at the viewer, against a background of clever montages. This is the English

version. Word & Image p. 74, Voyage p. 153 (var), Modern Poster 179 (var), Swiss 281, Fotoplakate,

p. 120 (var), Muller-Brockmann 150 (var), Margadant 281, Art Deco p. 71, Encyclopedie de l’Affiche

p. 214, Avant Garde p. 175 (var).

[1,500/2,000]

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