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JOSEPH BINDER (1898-1972) DAS OSTERREICHISCHE PLAKAT. 1929. 63 3/4x20 1/2 inches, 162x52 cm. F. Adametz, Vienna. Condition B+: creases in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Two-sheets attached. Paper. "An icon of Austrian graphic design . . . [this image] depicts Hermes head in an elegantly abstracted form in the red and white national colors . . . as if summarizing the best of the history of Austrian posters Binder combines his contemporary language of design, with the reduction of colors, with the Secessionist's favorite symbol of antiquity all composed within the tall thin format often associated with Secession posters" (Denscher p. 109). Binder 12, Denscher cover and p. 107, Wiener Plakate 126, Austrian Posters p. 32.
