Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
MAXIMILIAN LIEBENWEIN (1869-1926) KURORT BADEN. 1906.
39 1/2x27 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x70 cm. A. Berger, Vienna.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tear in central image; tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image; repaired tears at edges; restored losses, light offsetting and overpainting in image; pencil notation in lower left corner; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
In addition to the compelling image in which an allegorical figure of health is aiding an old man, this poster also boasts the number of visitors the spa receives on an annual basis. The unspoken message is "29,000 visitors can't be wrong." Reise ins Bad p. 41.