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HANS RUDI ERDT (1883-1918) INTERNATIONALE AUSTELLUNG FUR REISE FREMDENVERKEHR. 1911. 271/2x371/4 inches. Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin. Condition A: restored losses in top left corner; paper skinning in top and bottom margins. Erdt was a prominent graphic designer in Berlin before the First World War, and a member of the "golden team" of designers who worked for Hollerbaum & Schmidt (a prestigious group that included Lucian Bernhard, Julius Klinger, Deutsch and Julius Gipkens). Here, to advertise an exhibition on international travel, Erdt depicts an extremely dapper gentleman, dressed in the finery expected of sophisticated, worldly travelers of the era. He has a book in his hand, a pipe in his mouth, and is walking in what is most certainly a railway station. The poster was originally printed for a similar exhibition in 1909, and also exists in different formats, some of which feature the elegant gentleman depicted from head to toe, showing his stylish trousers and shoes. DFP-III 771, Weill, p. 103 no. 173 (var), Wember, p.215 no. 272 (var).
