May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ZDENEK ROSSMANN (1905-1984) VÝSTAVA RECKÉHO NÁRODNIHO ODBOJE ["EXHIBITION OF THE GREEK NATIONAL RESISTANCE."] 1947.
33x23 1/2 inches, 84x59 1/2 cm. V. Neubert, Prague.
Condition B+: pin-holes in corners; repaired tears and minor restoration at edges.
Rossman was one of the major Slovakian avant-garde figures. A trained architect, he studied at the Bauhaus and brought their tenets back with him to Czechoslovakia. He was a designer, typographer, photomontagist and teacher, most notable for his book design and work with functionalist typography.