Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 206

Price Realized: $ 6,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
LUDWIG HOHLWEIN (1874-1949) RIQUET - TEE. 1920.
43 1/2x29 1/4 inches, 110 1/2x74 1/4 cm. Emil Gerasch, Leipzig.
Condition B+ / A-: tears and repaired tears at edges; creases in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
Riquet, purveyor of exotic chocolates and teas, was one of Hohlwein's biggest clients. In the many posters he designed for the firm, he would always strive to depict exotic images connected to the countries from which the products were imported. Hohlwein / Munich 265.12, Frenzel pl. 200.