Dec 18, 2013 - Sale 2336

Sale 2336 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
OTAKAR NOVOTNY (1880-1959) VYSTAVA F. KUPKY. 1906.
43 1/2x31 1/2 inches, 110 1/2x80 cm. Unie, Prague.
Condition A-: creases in margins; tape on verso; ink notation on verso showing through; horizontal fold. Paper.
Promoting an exhibition of Frantisek Kupka's work in Brno, this poster is an excellent example of the influence of Seccession-style ornamentation and typography on poster designs within the Hapsburg Empire. The poster also exists with text promoting the same exhibition in Prague in 1905.