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FRIDOLIN MÜLLER (1926- )
EIDG. SCHÜTZENFEST. 1963.
50 1/2x35 1/2 inches, 128 1/4x90 1/4 cm. Wolfensburger, Zurich. Condition A-: tape-staining along top edge, from adhesive on verso; minor creases at edges and in image. Paper.
The Eidgenössisches Schützenfest is the Swiss Federal Shooting Festival, the first of which was held in 1824. Starting in1985, the festival has been held every five years (with the exception of 2020). One would be hard-pressed to find a more graphic and minimalist image to represent this event than this poster by Müller. "Although the circle could derive from a target or the bore of a rifle, it is a geometrical abstraction" (Swiss Graphic Design, p. 13). Swiss Graphic Design p. 13, Margadant 520.
