May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

ERIK NITSCHE (1908-1998)

GENERAL DYNAMICS / NUCLEODYNAMICS. 1955.


50 1/4x35 1/2 inches, 127 1/2x89 1/2 cm. R. Marsens, Lausanne.
Condition A- / B+: minor tears, losses, creases and abrasions on left edge; minor creases in image. Paper.

"In addition to his artistic inspirations, Nitsche derived much of his imagery from science itself, such as the abstracted symbols for isotopes used in his poster for 'nucleodynamics'" (https://www.typotheque.com/articles/erik_nitsche_the_reluctant_modernist). This is the Japanese language poster from the initial Atoms for Peace series.