May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 8,050
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JUPP WIERTZ (1881-1939) A PLEASANT TRIP TO GERMANY. Circa 1935.
39 1/4x24 1/2 inches. [Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr.]
Condition B+: restored losses and overpainting in bottom margin; restoration in image. Framed.
An eye-catching Art Deco image in which the Hindenburg, a Lufthansa Foker airplane and one of the ships in the Hapag Lines (the heart and soul of German transportation technology) are proudly displayed before the public. Wiertz has not only depicted the impressive vehicles themselves, but also a visual travelogue from the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan, past the mountains and palm trees of South America, to the silhouetted sights of Germany.