Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 213

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
MIHALY BIRO (1886-1948) UNICUM ZWACK. 1918.
49x36 1/2 inches, 124 1/2x92 3/4 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: tears at edges; creases and minor abrasions in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
In a style which can only be compared to Leonetto Cappiello's (see Veuve Amiot, 1922), Biro presents a resplendent monarch, light on his heels, carrying an oversized bottle of Hungary's beloved, unoffical national liqueur up a flight of stairs. Biro / Plakat Kunstler 78.