REINHARDT HOFFMULLER (1894-1975) TREUHERZ. 1920. 271/2x37 inches. Harry Bunzel, Berlin. Condition B: paper loss and creases in margins; tears along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. In the years following the First World War, Hoffmuller specialized in advertising the many bars that proliferated in the center of Berlin. Although each poster reflected a different artistic style, his subject was almost always a couple having a drink. For Treuherz [True Heart], Hoffmuller adopts a much more modernist style than usual, using only a few simple strokes to create the image of the man in a cap sharing a cocktail with a young lady. The stark simplicity of the image is in direct contrast to many of his other posters, which provides detailed depictions of interiors.
