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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FERDINAND VON REZNICEK (1868-1909) CORSET RFC. Circa 1900. 30x22 3/4 inches. Condition A: minor creases in image; restoration in top left corner. Reznicek was an illustrator who specialized in sexy and daring illustrations who began working for Simplicissimus<> at its inception in 1896. In this poster for a French corset company, he does not really employ the skills of a graphic designer. The image of a rich customer in her dressing room, trying on a corset that has been brought to her by a strict looking, matronly saleswoman, is basically a magazine illustration with text added separately. It is an interesting document indicative of the rush that manufacturers made to embrace the new medium of posters; clearly in some cases without any consideration to the art of the craft.
