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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
MUNCHENER RENN VEREIN. 1910. 46x34 inches. G. Schuh, Munich. Condition B+: sharp vertical and horizontal folds; creases in image. Horse riding was one of Hohlwein's passions. Amongst his earliest and most successful poster commissions were images for the Hermann Scherrer store (one featuring a lady on a horse, the other a man with a saddle), and the subject of his first portfolio was horse racing (Turf<>, 1909): "All who know men and horses have a high regard for Hohlwein's rendering of them. It is this peculiar combination of realism and advertising power that gives these posters their remarkable distinction" (Frenzel p. 40). It is not surprising, therefore, that the year following this portfolio he was asked to advertise the Munich races. He depicts three galloping horses charging towards the viewer as brown masses against a patterned green background, with the white of the rider's breeches bringing light into the image. Brush strokes complete this strong and dynamic composition. DFP III, 1367, Hohlwein / Munich, p. 134.
