?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
JOHANNES HANDSCHIN (1899-1948)
VILLARS / SUISSE. 1934.
35¾x25¾ inches, 90¾x65½ cm. Wassermann, Basel. Condition A-: minor abrasions and pin holes in margins; minor creases along horizontal fold through lower text; colors slightly attenuated.
Alpine vistas, smiles, couture and sporting possibilities are all encapsulated in this stylized image promoting Villars, a Swiss village in the Vaud canton. Here, the summer activities of tennis, swimming and golf are represented. Handschin also designed a winter poster for the same resort featuring a skier. One of two variations of this image, the other bearing text for the Palace Hotel.
