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H. NOCKUR (DATES UNKNOWN) PRESSA / KOLN. 1928. 28 1/2x19 1/4 inches, 72 1/2x49 cm. Cologne. Condition A-: creases in lower image; creases and light foxing in bottom margin. Matted and framed. Although an international show featuring pavilions from countries around the world, the Pressa exhibition was held to highlight German dominance in all fields of printing and publishing. It was also intended as a showcase of modernist architecture and modernist exhibition display and is perhaps most remembered for El Lissitsky legendary work for the U.S.S.R. pavilion. At least four posters were commissioned for the event; three well-known and often reproduced images by Fritz Hellmut Ehmcke and this seldom seen image. Although the artist is unknown, the image for the Pressa, in a colorful, Art Deco style, cleverly juxtaposes the modern buildings of the fair with the ancient skyline of Cologne, the host city. This image, and one by Ehmcke, appeared in Alfred Barr's seminal 1936 exhibition, "Cubism and Abstract Art," at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and were reproduced in the catalogue for the show (7.29-7.30). This is the French version. Avant Garde p. 24 (var).
