Aug 18, 2022 - Sale 2613

Sale 2613 - Lot 307

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750

MICHAEL VOLLBRACHT (1947-2018)


[Bloomingdale's Bag]
Screenprint. 445x597mm; 17 1/2x23 1/2. Circa 1975.

A prominent fashion designer and illustrator, Vollbracht was arguably most recognized for the two shopping bags he designed for Bloomingdale's in the 1970s (ironically he neglected to use the store's name on his design, and yet the images became advertising icons all the same). One of the bags featured a portrait of a woman on one side, and this portrait of a man on the oppposite side. Although never specifically identified it is believed the portrait is of Robert Yoh, a Zoli model.