Oct 10, 2024 - Sale 2681

Sale 2681 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

ALOIS SALAC (1900-1953)

PRAHA / CZECHOSLOVAK STATE RAILWAYS. 1928.


41½x25 inches, 105½x63½ cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears with overpainting at edges, one into text; expert overpainting in margins; repaired tears in lower image; horizontal fold.

Printed in Prague by the Umelecka Reklama advertising agency, whose logo, "UR," appears on the poster. The firm oversaw the design of many posters promoting films, travel and commercial products. Although unsigned it is the work of Alois Salac, one of the designers working for the company, who designed another very similar poster.