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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
JOHANN VON STEIN (1896-1965)
ROTTERDAM LLOYD. 1931.
28 1/4x17 3/4 inches, 71 3/4x45 cm. Ned. Rotogravure, Leiden. Condition A-: expertly-replaced loss at right edge; minor creases and restoration at edges.
Von Stein was a painter and poster designer who brought his own personal elegance to his works. Although his compositions are very strict, and here, monumental, they also contain a very appealing Art Deco touch. For this ocean liner, the artist's "cinematic art deco design places a frame around the Rotterdam Lloyd Steamship Balderan - a device that, with its series of towering vertical elements, cleverly and deftly pulls the viewer's gaze directly toward the ship. The eye glides from the airbrushed columns in the right-hand foreground directly to the silhouetted palm tree and onward to the Balderan's foremast, each component precisely proportioned to suit the slick diminishing perspective" (Crouse p. 231). This is the French version, and there are several text variants. Weallans p. 132 (var), Crouse p. 231 (var), Schip & Affiche cover and 61 (both var).
