May 13, 2021 - Sale 2568

Sale 2568 - Lot 346

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

ROBERT BÜCHLER (1914-2005)

TYPOGRAPHIE / GEWERBEMUSEUM, BASEL. 1960.


50 1/4x35 1/2 inches, 127 1/2x90 cm. VSK, Basel.
Condition A: minor creases at edges. Paper.

This poster was also adapted into the cover for the catalogue of the Typographie exhibition at the Basel Gewerbemuseum. "The design derives its structure from the position of the vowels in the alphabet" (Swiss Graphic Design, p. 218). Swiss Graphic Design p. 218, Swiss Poster Art 60.10.