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IB ANDERSEN (1907-1969) INSULITE. 1931. 42x33 inches, 106 3/4x83 3/4 cm. Condition A- / B+: creases in margins and image; sharp creases along horizontal fold; light offsetting in upper image; slight time-staining at bottom edge. Paper. Andersen, son of the famous poster designer Valdemar Andersen, was a prominent Danish graphic artist and illustrator who designed several Danish banknotes that were in circulation until the mid-1990s. His Cubist and Bauhaus-inspired style lent itself very well to depicting architecture, a subject of which he was quite fond. Here, advertising a brand of insulating material, he masterfully lays out the organized chaos of a large city in a sophisticated geometric style. The all-purpose product can be used to "isolate against heat, cold and sound," and by depicting the clamorous city rising peacefully into the sky, Andersen suggests the efficiency of the product. This appears to be an early proof or variation of the poster, pulled before the addition of all of the text.
