?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
CAROSELLI (DATES UNKNOWN) CAMPEONATO ABIERTO DE BASKET-BALL / ASOCIACION NATIO BUENOS AIRES. 1934. 43 1/2x28 5/8 inches. Condition B+: minor losses, restored losses and repaired tears in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Framed. Very little has been written about Argentine poster art in the period between the wars, and most of the information from that period concerns Achile Mauzan, who worked in Buenos Aries in the 1920s. Although not internationally known for graphic art, Argentinean designers could not ignore the latest European artistic trends. Like many of his compatriots, Caroselli was likely of Italian descent. His sophisticated design suggests familiarity with the tenets of Art Deco design. He takes advantage of the diagonal to lend dynamism to the composition, and displays expert use of the airbrush and refined typography. Sports posters are rare in and of themselves. Good ones from the Art Deco era are even rarer, and Art Deco basketball posters are almost non-existent. Since Argentine Art deco posters are almost impossible to find, this example, which may be for the International Basketball Championship held in Argentina in 1934, is very rare.
