May 06, 2002 - Sale 1935

Sale 1935 - Lot 14

Price Realized: $ 5,290
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
MARCO-POLO-TEE. 1910.
42 3/4x29 inches. G. Schuh & Co., Munich.
Condition B+: minor repaired tears and creases in margins; paper skinning in top and bottom margins.
A Mongolian servant is standing with a tea tray against a black background. With no outlining and only four colors, Hohlwein dispatches his unequaled talent to build a powerful and somehow intriguing image, with three green squares adding mystery and also balance to the poster.
ref: Ludwig Hohlwein<>, Munchen Stadtmuseum, 1996, no. 148 p.162, The Modern Poster<>, by Stuart Wrede, MOMA New York, 1988, no. 61, p. 84.