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C.B.H. (MONOGRAM UNKNOWN)
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THEE SCHILDMEIJER BLOEMGRACHT. Circa 1925.
25
1
/
2
x15 inches, 64
3
/
4
x38 cm.
Condition A-: time-staining in image; minor stain in lower right image. Matted.
According to Amsterdam’s small, neighborhood Jordaan Museum, Jacobus Cornelis Schildmeijer
opened up his coffee and tea business around 1925. Behind the building, he built a facility to roast
his own coffee beans. The same stylized, Art Deco image appeared on the company’s coffee bags (with
the word “Koffie” at the top instead of the word “Thee”).
[500/750]
LODE (LODE SEGHERS, 1905-1983)
109
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SINT GEERTRUDA KERMIS.
33
1
/
2
x24 inches, 85x61 cm. Patria, Antwerp.
Condition B+: repaired tears and replaced losses in margins; minor abrasions in text; pin holes in corners.
[800/1,200]
JEAN WALTHER (1910-1968)
110
ESSOLUBE. 1935.
37
1
/
4
x28
1
/
2
inches, 94
1
/
2
x72 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins; repaired pin holes in corners. Paper. Framed.
Jean Walther was an international figure in the world of graphic design, but the full scope of his work
was unknown until recently, when a large archive was discovered in his native Swiss city of Morges. Born
into a family of artists, Walther’s career took him from Switzerland to France, the Netherlands, New
York and eventually San Francisco. In America, he changed the spelling of his name to Gene. Along his
design trajectory, Walther worked with Cassandre (in 1930-31), and handled large accounts such as
TWA. “Whether independently or while working for large agencies, he developed numerous domains
of activity in graphic and industrial design. His work bears witness to the inventiveness and dynamism
of this sector during the decades after WWII” (Musée Alexis Forel, Morges).
[800/1,200]
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