Oct 26, 2017 - Sale 2459

Sale 2459 - Lot 102

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
DESIGNER UNKNOWN HOTEL BAUR AU LAC / ZÜRICH. Circa 1925.
50x35 1/2 inches, 127x90 1/4 cm. Gebr. Fretz, Zurich.
Condition B / B-: extensive replaced losses, overpainting and repaired tears in margins, image and text; creases and restoration throughout.
A rare and previously unrecorded image for one of Zürich's finest hotels. Although unsigned, the poster bears a resemblance to works by Otto Baumberger. We have found no other copies at auction.