Mar 16, 2017 - Sale 2439

Sale 2439 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949) IVTH OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES / GERMANY. 1936.
39 3/4x25 inches, 101x63 cm. Reichsbahnzentrale fur den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, Berlin.
Condition A: repaired pin holes in corners.
One of the most memorable of the Winter Olympic posters, this image was printed in 13 languages and distributed around the world. The image was also used on postcards, smaller brochures and advertising material for the Games. This is the English version. Olympics pl. 29 (var), Hohlwein p. 256 (var), Hohlwein / Stuttgart 411 (var), Art of Skiing p. 43, Alpi / Manifesti 111 (var).