Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
KARL BICKEL (1886-1982) DOLDER GRAND HOTEL. 1930.
50 1/4x35 3/4 inches, 120x90 cm. Wolfsberg, Zurich.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds.
Bickel worked primarily as a painter and an engraver and is best known for his Alpine monument to peace in Walenstadtberg, the Paxmal, a project that took him 25 years to complete. He founded his own graphic design studio and was active in the field of stamp and poster design. Swiss Hotel Posters 90.