May 21, 2009 - Sale 2181

Sale 2181 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JOSEF MÜLLER-BROCKMANN (1914-1996) WENIGER LARM. 1960.
49 3/4x35 1/4 inches, 126 1/2x89 1/2 cm. J. Müller-Brockmann, Zurich.
Condition A- / B+: expertly restored losses and restoration in margins and image.
In the same style, Joseph Müller-Brockmann designed another super-powerful image for a different public campaign launched by the Swiss Committee to Combat Noise. Employing a close-up black and white photograph, in which the hard, right angle formed by the red text and the woman's arms, sets up a dissonance which accentuates the anguish on her face. Brockmann p. 141, Modern Poster p. 204, Weill 543, Femme 93.