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LUCIAN BERNHARD (1883-1972) FLUGVERFUCHE / BERLINER LOKAL - ANZEIGER. 1909. 27 1/4x36 3/4 inches, 61 1/2x93 1/4 cm. Hollerbaum & Schmidt, Berlin. Condition B / B-: extensive staining and discoloration through right image; replaced loss at upper right edge; repaired tears at edges; creases and abrasions in image; margins trimmed off. In 1906, at the age of 20, Lucian Bernhard won a poster design competition sponsored by Priester matches. Ernst Growald, the director of the Berlin printing establishment Hollerbaum & Schmidt, recognized his talent and immediately hired Bernhard. The young artist quickly developed a graphic design system that proved to be revolutionary in the advertising world. Bernhard was the father of the Sachsplakat (Object Poster), a style in which the object is depicted by itself, in flat colors, with no ornamentation and no shadow, against a monochromatic background with very large, bold typography. Here, he is promoting an early airshow in which a Voisin bi-plane will be making demonstration flights over Berlin's Templhlof field. DFP-III 160, Wember 65.
