Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
WOLFGANG ALEXANDER SCHLOSSER (1913-1984) CZECHOSLOVAK AIRLINES / IT'S O.K. WITH CSA. Circa 1946.
39 1/2x24 3/4 inches, 100x63 cm.
Condition B+ / A-: repaired tears and restoration in margins.
Schlosser studied book design in Leipzig and art in Cologne and Prague. During World War II he fled to England where he designed propaganda posters for the British Ministry of Information. Returning to Czechoslovakia after the war, he worked as a graphic and exhibition designer. He is best remembered for the posters he designed for Czechoslovak Airlines (CSA) in the post-war era.