May 10, 2004 - Sale 2006

Sale 2006 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 805
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
CARLO VIVARELLI (1919-1986) FORME NUOVE IN ITALIA. 1954.
501/4x351/2 inches. Bollmann, AG.
Condition A-: creases and minor tears in margins. Paper.
Swiss born Vivarelli, spent time in Paris and worked in the Boggieri Studio in Milan, before he returned home and opened a studio in his native Zurich. He co-founded the magazine Neue Graphik along with fellow designers Lohse, Neuberg and Muller-Brockmann, with whom he shares a rigorous, constructivist approach to typography and photography. This poster, printed via lino-cut and letterpress, is a good example of his impeccable style, with its perfectly displayed Helvetica typography. It is a classic example of the Zurich style. Muller Brockmann no. 224, p. 190.