May 08, 2006 - Sale 2079

Sale 2079 - Lot 104

Price Realized: $ 4,370
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
OTTO BAUMBERGER (1889-1961) MOTOR COMPTOIR. 1932.
49x35 1/4 inches. Gebr. Fretz, Zurich.
Condition A. Framed.
This is a drastically different image for an automobile and motorcycle exhibition. Baumberger has impeccably organized the image vertically on the paper, and depicted the three vehicles in a cut-out style. The sans-serif typography is set in the same rigorous approach under the image. He constructs the entire strong, efficient and modernist image using only two colors. Baumberger 172, Realisme 43.