Apr 21, 2005 - Sale 2039

Sale 2039 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HERBERT LEUPIN (1916-1999) SAVON STEINFELS. 1949.
491/2x35 inches. J. C. Muller, Zurich.
Condition A-: creases in margins; restoration in image; archival tape on verso. Paper.
Leupin went on to become one of the most prolific of the Swiss poster artists. Like his French counterpart Raymond Savignac, he designed posters around a system of "visual gags." As a younger artist, Leupin was a devotee of the new trend in Swiss graphic design: the new objectivity. This realistic depiction of soap highlights Leupin's skill as a draughtsman to which he adds a virtuoso flourish in the forms of the little drops of water.