May 13, 2013 - Sale 2314

Sale 2314 - Lot 217

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
SIEGFRIED ODERMATT (1926- ) & ROSEMARIE TISSI (1937- ) INTERNATIONALES JAZZ FESTIVAL / ZÜRICH. 1987.
50 1/4x35 1/2 inches, 127 1/2x90 1/4 cm. Bea Spiellmann, Zurich.
Condition A-: creases in image; minor abrasions at edges; dark markings in lower image. Paper.
Odermatt and Tissi founded a renowned design studio whose "work has evolved from the rigorous formality of the international typographical style to embrace a more playful and intuitive approach inspired by post modernism" (Graphic Design & Designers, by Allan and Isabella Livingstone. Thames & Hudson, 1992. P. 147). This nod to El Lizitsky is typical of their style, in which "unexpected typographic elements are held in taut asymmetric balance by the subtle variations in type, weight and color contrasts" (ibid). Odermatt & Tissi, p. 150.