Dec 17, 2014 - Sale 2371

Sale 2371 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 1,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
WILLY STÖWER (1864-1931) SYLT / NORDSEEBÄDER. 1905.
33x22 1/4 inches, 83 3/4x57 3/4 cm. F.W. Kahler Erben, Hamburg.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, into central image and along horizontal fold; minor tears at edges; minor creases in margins and image and along fold; tape on verso; tape on verso. Printed on thick paper.
This poster announces the 1905 summer schedule between Berlin and Westerland; the final leg of the trip was by paddlewheel steamer, and pictured here is the Frisia. Stöwer was a prolific illustrator, nautical painter and poster designer.