May 10, 2016 - Sale 2414

Sale 2414 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
R. LEIDREITER (DATES UNKNOWN) DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN. Circa 1924.
27 1/4x18 1/4 inches, 69 1/4x46 1/2 cm. Krüger & Co., Berlin.
Condition B+: creases, minor overpainting and darkening along vertical and horizontal folds.
This poster, by the same artist as the previous lot, is another expressionist illustration advertising the film. The black and white sketch features a giant, ghastly figure forcing throngs of Jews onto the streets and out of the city. This featureless form, though created well before his rise to power, sports side-swept bangs eerily similar to Hitler's. This rare poster is previously unrecorded.