May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
PIET ZWART (1885-1977) [INVITATION FOR PRINCESS JULIANA.] 1930.
11x8 1/2 inches, 28x21 1/2 cm.
Condition A-: wrinkles in image. Paper.
Piet Zwart, along with Paul Schuitema, was the leader of the Contstructivist movement in Holland. He was a trained and practicing interior designer before he turned to the Graphic Arts. He had strong ties to many avant-garde movements, most notably, de Stijl, as well as connections with artists such as Kurt Schwitters and El Lissitsky, who introduced him to photograms and photomontages. This flyer is an invitation to attend the ceremony at the University of Leiden wherein Princess Juliana was to receive an honorary degree.