May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 6,210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
JO PIEPER (1893- ?) BAUAUSSTELLUNG ESSEN. 1925.
37 7/8x28 1/8 inches. Offsetdruck F. W. Rohden, Essen.
Condition B+: repaired tears in margins and image.
A painter and designer, Pieper studied industrial design in Dortmund, before moving to Essen. Here, showing familiarity with the Bauhaus and avant-garde design concepts, he employs only two colors and geometric flat tones to construct an angular and efficient minimalist image, perfectly suited to the subject it is advertising -- an exhibition of Modernist Architecture.