May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 22

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DESIGNER UNKNOWN OPERETTEN / DEUTSCHES THEATER. 1920.
34 3/4x25 inches, 88 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Henninger, Stuttgart.
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds.
Interesting typography and sharp design combine in this anonymous German opera poster. Stuttgart's Deutsches Theatre played a very active cultural role in Germany right after World War I. It was here that Willi Baumeister produced his first stage design in 1919.