May 13, 2021 - Sale 2568

Sale 2568 - Lot 223

Price Realized: $ 1,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

OTTO BAUMBERGER (1889-1961)

KUNSTHAUS MASKENFEST / BAUR AU LAC. 1929.


50x35 1/4 inches, 127x89 1/2 cm. Orell Füssli, Zurich.
Condition A-: creases in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; hinged to mount. Paper. Framed.

Baumberger was one the most prolific Swiss graphic designers, and also one of the most versatile. His posters switched nimbly between minimal typographic creations, abstract and realistic landscapes, the near photographic representation of objects via the Neue Sachlichkeit and concise Art Deco designs. Baumberger 146.