May 09, 2024 - Sale 2668

Sale 2668 - Lot 144

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

WALTER HOFMANN (1906-1973)

SPORT SCHAFFER. Circa 1940s.


49x37¾ inches, 124½x96 cm. Gerin, [Vienna].
Condition B: extensive creases, repaired tears and overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds; repaired pin holes in corners.

This scarce image by Hofmann utilizes a dynamic diagonal layout often seen in his advertising posters. Like his image for Nivea, illustrating a water skier in action, or his poster for skiing in Austria (See Swann Sale 2066, Lot 318), Hofmann shows his talent for using composition to convey motion. Rare.