May 07, 2015 - Sale 2382

Sale 2382 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 5,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
NIKLAUS STOECKLIN (1896-1982) E GÚETE! 1961.
50 1/4x35 1/2 inches, 127 1/2x90 cm.
Condition A- / B+: vertical and horizontal folds; creases in image; tape on verso. Paper.
Two decades after he pioneered the style, Stoecklin revisited his hyperrealist, New Objectivity. The label reads "E Guéte!" which is Swiss German for "Guten Apetit." This poster was commissioned by the Swiss egg industry to counteract the increased sales of imported eggs. Stoecklin 111, p. 51, Swiss Graphic Desgin p. 11.