Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
WILHELM NICOLAUS PRACHENSKY (1898-1956) IM FLUGE NACH TIROL. Circa 1925.
27 3/4x41 3/4 inches, 70 1/2x106 cm. Wagner, Innsbruck.
Condition A: minor creases and light offsetting in image; vertical and horizontal folds. Paper.
An architect, painter and graphic artist, Prachensky designed several posters and travel brochure covers. He co-founded an artistic group, "the Balance" in 1925 and is considered a pioneer of Tyrolean modernity. The Tiroler Flugverkehrs Gesellschaft (Tyrolean Airlines) was founded in 1925 and only operated in the summer months.