May 12, 2008 - Sale 2145

Sale 2145 - Lot 196

Price Realized: $ 480
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ERWIN HALPERN, ACHILLE B. WEIDER MODISSA! Circa 1960s.
50 1/4x35 3/4 inches, 127 1/2x90 1/2 cm. J. Ruckstuhl, Zurich.
Condition B+: minor repaired tears and wrinkles at edges; crease through top right corner.
A lighthearted photomontage with amusing typography, for a Swiss department store. Erwin Halpern was a successful advertising agency in Zurich, that worked with some of the best photographers on the campaigns of some prominent Swiss companies.