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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HANS THÖNI (1906-1980)
DER KLUGE REIST IM ZUGE. 1958.
49 3/4x35 inches, 126 3/4x89 cm. J.C. Müller, Bern. Condition B / B+: repaired tears at edges, one through title; creases and abrasions at edges and in image; repaired pin holes in corners. Mounted on Japan.
Thöni studied at Kunstgewerbeschule in Zürich and trained for four years in Paris before opening his studio in Bern. As a freelance graphic designer, he worked as an illustrator, stamp and exhibition designer and a member of the Schweizer Grafiker Verband. His major contribution to poster art is a series of posters for the Swiss railway, in which he experimented with photomontage and collage. Swiss Poster Art 58.12.
