May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 12,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949) NACHTIGALLSCHLAG. 1910.
27 1/2x36 1/2 inches, 70x92 3/4 cm. G. Schuh & Cie., Munich.
Condition B+: creases, foxing and discoloration in margins and image. Paper.
Nachtigallschlag (The Song of the Nightingale) was a record label launched by the German Gramophone Company. Employing a sophisticated technique of silhoutte and shadow, Hohlwein represents a nightingale perched on a rose bush against a full moon, beneath a starry sky. As with many of his product advertisements from this period (1908-1911), Hohlwein made minimal use of colors and used thick, sans-serif typography organized as a block at the bottom of the poster. A strikingly efficient image. This copy has very wide margins. DFP-III 1375, Hohlwein / Munich 144.