May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 119

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,500
E. A. BARDON (DATES UNKNOWN) NOSPIA CIGARETTEN. 1925.
35 3/4x23 5/8 inches. Kunstanstalt Schiemann & Co., Dresden.
Condition A-: plastic strip affixed to top margin. Paper.
Nospia was one of the many small brands of cigarettes that flourished in the 1920s. For their advertising they chose a radically modernistic look, using a bird as their logo. Bardon, who is completely unknown, employs sans-serif typography and a strong stylized image of two cigarettes with the company's oversized logo in the middle to create this bold Art Deco image.