Graphic Design: May 19, 2022 Auction Highlights

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Lot 70: Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, Triplex, pencil maquette, 1930. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000.

This admired sale is coming together in a powerful way. This auction is led by one of A.M. Cassandre’s most memorable and scarce images, LMS / Best Way, 1928 — it has been nine years since a copy last appeared on the market (see the cover of our Winter-Spring 2022 issue of The Trumpet). Cassandre is also represented by an exquisite signed pencil study for his famous Triplex image.

Art Deco

Art Deco, Cubist and Futurist aficionados will be besotted with two offerings by Marcello Nizzoli for Campari, each 1926. Other important works from the first half of the twentieth century include a complete run of Czechoslovakia’s Zijeme magazine, 1931–32, with its memorable and sophisticated photomontage cover designs by Ladislav Sutnar—a desirable item for collectors in its unbound state.

Among the best-known classics of Modern graphic design will be Erik Nitsche’s USS Nautilus, 1955, and Paul Rand’s famous IBM, 1982.

  • Lot 63: Toyonosuke Kurozumi, (Osaka Railways / Shirosaki in Winter), circa 1935. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500.
  • Lot 87: Tom Purvis, Austin Reed LTD, circa 1930s. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000.

International Art Nouveau

Lot 2: Claude Fayette Brandon, The Chap Book, circa 1895. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
Lot 20: Adolfo Hohenstein, Esposizione D’Igiene, 1900. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.

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Automobiles

  • Lot 147: Greif, Pontiac 6 / Production General Motors, 1928. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000. 
  • Lot 154: Alberto Bianchi, Fiat / Ardita, 1933. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000. 
  • Lot 151: Harry Whincap, “BP” / The Spirit For Speed, circa 1930s. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500.
  • Lot 162: Hanns Lohrer, Porsche / The Sport for Men with Personality, 1962. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500. 

Books and Periodicals

The auction features many incredible and surprising books and ephemeral graphics, with cover designs and layouts by some of the most cherished and talented designers, such as Jan Toorop, Herbert Bayer, Paul Rand, and one of the most complete runs of Das Plakat that we have come across.

Lot 16: Various Artists, a complete set of Das Plakat, set of 10 hardcover volumes, 1912-21. Estimate $25,000 to $35,000. 

Mid-Century Modern

  • Lot 254: Herbert Matter, Giacometti / Kunsthalle Basel, 1966. Estimate $800 to $1,200. 
  • Lot 186: Designer Unknown, Atom / Sonderschau Im Deutschen Museum München, 1955. Estimate $2,500 to $3,500. 

Swiss Design

Lot 30: Peter Birkhäuser, Sängerfest / Basel, 1935. Estimate $1,200 to $1,800.

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