Oct 15, 2020 - Sale 2547

Sale 2547 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

JANEZ TRPIN (1908-1973)

WINTER IN YUGOSLAVIA. 1936.


39x24 3/4 inches, 99x61 1/2 cm. Tiskarna Ljudske Pravice v Ljubljani.
Condition A- / B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; slight tape staining in margins; pencil writing in lower left corner. Paper.

Skiers descend a slope at twilight with Slovenia's majestic Mount Triglav in the background. Trpin was one of the preeminent graphic designers in Yugoslavia between the world wars. He designed a number of exceptional Art Deco travel posters during the 1930s as well as political images in the years following World War II. This is the English version.