Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 256

Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949)

MAX ZECHBAUER. 1909.

49½x36 inches, 125¾x91½ cm. Graphia, Munich.
Condition A-: expertly-replaced loss at left margin, slightly into image; expertly-repaired tears and creases at edges, some into image. Paper.

For this cigar and cigarette merchant, Hohlwein has rejected the clichéd visual motif of the "elegant man smoking." Instead, he takes a bold, dramatic approach and depicts Christopher Columbus holding one of his ships, symbolizing that by discovering America, Columbus enabled tobacco to be brought back to Europe.

DFP-III 1355, Hohlwein / Stuttgart 24, Wember 413.
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