May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 91

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HELGE REFN (1908-1985) KOMMUNENS KOKS. 1941.
33 1/4x21 inches, 84 1/2x53 cm.
Condition B+: restored losses in corners; vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tears and skinning in image.
At the beginning of the 1930s Helge Refn studied in Paris with Fernand Leger. His time in France lent a French touch to his work that is uncommon in Danish posters, as most Danish graphic artists of the era followed in the German style. Refn designed posters for Tivoli and two images for this coke company, selling a coal by-product used to heat homes.