About this poster
Great avant-garde poster for a hat store in Zürich finely printed as a lithograph. Created in 1919 by the Swiss Master Otto - Baumberger, this poster is one of the best of the Swiss object style, now hardly searched by museums and collectors. We have for sale this version of 1952 for the moving to the Fraumünterstrasse 17. This is the fourth edition on 4, the third of 1928 is signed with the "B" in the top left corner. A rare classic Swiss poster
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from 1905 to 1907. After that, he studied at the Art Schools of Munich and Paris until 1910. From 1911 to 1913, he worked at the printing company J.E. Wolfensberger as a draughtsman and artistic director. Then, until the start of the First World War, he had his ow... more
Otto Baumberger was born in Zurich in 1889. He served an apprenticeship as a lithographer and took courses at the Zurich Art School (Kunstgewerbeschule) from ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 1754
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- Company: Baumann, Zürich, CH
- Printer: Bollmann Jacques AG Zürich
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Indicolor print
- Condition:
A/J
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Das Plakat in der Schweiz
Das Schweizer Plakat - L‘affiche suisse - The Swiss Poster
Ein Jahrhundert im Weltformat - Schweizer Plakate von 1900 bis zur Gegenwart - Ausstellung Nov. 2001 - Januar 2002
Encyclopédie de L’Affiche
Geschichte des Plakates
Meister der Plakatkunst - Ausstellung im Rahmen der Juni-Festwochen Zürich 31. Mai bis 19. Juli 1959.
Meister der Plakatkunst - Ausstellung Plakatsammlung - Zeugnisse
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - Poster Collection 18 - Otto Baumberger
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich - Poster Collection 24 - Magie der Dinge - The Magic of Things
Neu. Sachlich. Schweiz. Malerei der Neuen Sachlichkeit in der Schweiz
Objets - Réalismes - Affiches Suisses 1905-1950
Plakatkunst von Toulouse-Lautrec bis Benetton
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 4 - Otto Baumberger 1889 - 1961
The Modern Poster
THE POSTER - 1000 Poster from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister
Werbestil 1930 -1940. Die alltägliche Bildsprache eines Jahrzehnts.