May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 26

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
JOSEPH W. JICHA (1901-1960) 13TH DESCENT / KOKOON CLUB. 1926.
30x20 1/2 inches, 76x52 cm. Otis Litho Co., Cleveland.
Condition B+: expert overpainting and restoration in corners and margins.
Colorful, bold and suggestive, this decadent Deco image provides a historical and artistic perspective on one of America's Avant-garde art clubs in the 1920s. The Kokoon Club was founded in 1912 by young artists inspired by the Dadaist movement and similar Avant-garde organizations in Europe. Amongst the club members were Carl Moellmann, Morris Grossman, Elmer Brubeck, Henry Keller, August Biehle, Joseph Jicha and Rolf Stoll. Each poster also served as an invitation to the event. Timeline p. 57.