Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589
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Sale 2589 - Lot 161

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

GENE WALTHER (1910-1968)

[TWA TRAVEL]. Group of three calendar backs. 1941.

Each approximately 17x16 inches, 43 1/4x40 1/2 cm.
Condition varies, one with skinning in wide margins; minor scuffing and abrasions in image; hinged with archival tape to mat on recto; calendars removed. Paper. Matted and framed.

Exceptional, modernist, air-brushed images highlighting different vistas accessible via the routes of TWA. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner entered service in 1940 and was the world's first pressurized aircraft. Jean Walther was an international figure in the world of graphic design, but the full scope of his work was unknown until recently, when a large archive was discovered in his native Swiss city of Morges. Born into a family of artists, Walther's career took him from Switzerland to France, The Netherlands, New York and eventually San Francisco. In America, he changed the spelling of his name to Gene. Along his design trajectory, Walther worked with Cassandre (in 1930-31), and handled large accounts such as TWA. "Whether independently or while working for large agencies, he developed numerous domains of activity in graphic and industrial design. His work bears witness to the inventiveness and dynamism of this sector during the decades after WWII" (Musée Alexis Forel, Morges). These calendar backs also appear with the TWA logo which are not present on these copies. Images available upon request. Airways p. 58.
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