May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 180

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE 29 / NUOC VIETNAM DAN CHU CONG HOA. Gouache and newsprint collage maquette. 1975.
41 3/4x29 1/2 inches, 106x75 cm.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tears through top margin; minor restoration in corners and at edges; creases and wrinkles in image. Framed.
"Celebrating the founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam," this exceptional photomontage commemorates the formal reunification of Vietnam into a communist state after the transition period following the end of the war and America's evacuation of Saigon on 29th April 1975. This jubilant and optimistic design was never turned into a poster. rare