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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
OTTO BAUMBERGER (1889-1961) ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN ZURICH. 1929. 483/4x36 inches. Gebr. Fretz, Zurich. Condition B+: minor repaired tears, creases and pinholes in margins; trimmed top margin; tear in left margin; mounted on paper. Baumberger was the most important graphic designer of his generation: he could alter his style and rendering depending on the product, from a near photographic representation of a Baumann hat or a PKZ coat, which opened the way to Swiss realism and the Objekt Plakat, to the minimal typographic creations he used to advertise Brack liquer. He also used his ability as a marvelous landscape painter for his travel posters, and was a skillful draughtsman, as evident here in this poster he did for the Zurich Zoo which he designed upon wining a competition sponsored by the Zoo. In a fluid and light drawing, he combines the two extremes of a heavy, massive elephant and two graceful flamingos; an excellent contrast to the rigid treatment that Klinger and Hohlwein used for the same subject (see lot nos. 6 and 8). Baumberger, p. 44, no. 151. Mardagant, p. 121, no. 138.
