Feb 09, 2006 - Sale 2066

Sale 2066 - Lot 145

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
SIKKER HANSEN CIRKLE KAFE. 1955.
331/2x243/8 inches. Permild & Rosengreen, Copenhagen.
Condition B+: tears in margins. Paper.
That coffee has its roots in exotic Ethiopia is an advertising catch that has often been employed, as it is here along with some very modern graphic techniques. Hansen depicts a handsome African woman whose face emerges from the white background; her jewelry is not delineated but rather implied by bleeding the background through the image.