Nov 15, 2010 - Sale 2230

Sale 2230 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
FRANZ WÜRBEL (1896 - ?) OLYMPIC GAMES / BERLIN. 1936.
39 3/4x25 1/4 inches, 101x64 cm. Reichsbahnzentrale fur den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, Berlin.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration in margins and corners.
The official poster of the 1936 Olympic Games, Würbel's poster "was designed to dominate and impress . . . [and] met the threefold objective of indicating the importance of the Olympiad, proclaiming Berlin as the host city and publicizing the Games in an effective and internationally understandable manner" (Olympic Posters p. 45). English version. Olympics p. 45, Olympic Posters p. 46, Sport 92 (var), Art Deco Graphics p. 105 (var).