32 1/2x32 1/2 inches, 82 1/2x82 1/2 cm. [C. Wolf, Munich.] Condition B / B+: extensive expert overpainting in margins and image and around text; expertly repaired tears at edges, some into image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
Norwegian-born Gulbransson spent some time in Paris before settling in Munich where he actively worked for the magazine Simplicissimus and occasionally designed posters. Another Simplicissimus artist, Thomas Theodor Heine, had already created a poster for the Zust automobile (using Simplicissimus' emblematic bulldog, which he, himself, had designed) and it was most likely through him that Gulbransson got this commission. Using his pure, minimalist style with flat colors, he creates a dynamic composition with the massive dark form of the car arriving at the top of a hill in a cloud of smoke and dust. The overall effect is a marvelous combination of masses of color and the interplay of light and shadow. DFP-III 1122, Munchen no. 166.
![OLAF GULBRANSSON (1873-1958). ZÜST - AUTOMOBIL AUSSTELLUNG. Circa 1910. 32½x32½ inches, 82½x82½ cm. [C. Wolf, Munich.]](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//763\784763.jpg)
