?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
HERBERT MATTER (1907-1984)
WINTERFERIEN - DOPPELTE FERIEN / SCHWEIZ. 1936.
40x25 1/2 inches, 101 1/2x65 cm. Condition A- / B+: repaired tears at edges; slight time-staining at top edge; creases with minor abrasions in image. Matted and framed.
A photomontage by the Swiss master who employed this avant garde technique to create a series of travel posters for his native country. "Matter evokes the clear sky and white snow of Switzerland in a manner that emphatically asserts the modernity and sophistication of the country" (Word & Image p. 59). This is the German version. Word & Image p. 74.
