Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 217

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

MARTIN PEIKERT (1901-1975)

PONTRESINA. 1938.

40x27½ inches, 101½x69¾ cm. Gebr. Fretz A.G., Zurich.
Condition A- / B+: minor tears, tape-repaired tears, creases and pin holes in margins; minor creases and abrasions in image. Paper.

Spring comes to the Alps as seen through the blossoming of flowers in a chalet window box. A mirror image of this ornate window is illustrated in another poster by Peikert (Swann sale 2629, Lot 271). The other, a winter scene, features a woman peering out, fluffy white snow in the flower box and on the ground, with skis sticking out of it. In an excellent symmetry with the dainty butterfly, the other poster shows glistening icicles. Peikert "liked bold points of view and he often gave his compositions a magical almost surrealist touch, all associated with a spirit full of verve and humor. His posters . . . exude happiness and glorify the beauty of women and nature" (Paradis p. 134).

Paradis p. 134 (var).
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