May 25, 2017 - Sale 2449

Sale 2449 - Lot 143

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HERMANN ALFRED KOELLIKER (1894-1965) EPTINGER MINERALWASSER. 1934.
50 1/4x35 1/2 inches, 127 1/2x90 1/4 cm. J.C. Müller, Zurich.
Condition A / A-: minor repaired tears and abrasions at edges; archival tape on verso. Paper.
This soft-toned, geometrically-inspired piece of Art Deco design is one of the best posters produced for Eptinger. The brand, one of Switzerland's most popular mineral waters, commissioned all of the premier Swiss artists to design posters for them over the decades. Margadant p. 224, Werbestil p. 55.