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Jelmoli Zurich – Oriental Carpets
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1916
Size: 128 x 90.5 cm / 50.4 x 35.6″
Price:
CHF1400
About this poster
For Jelmoli, one of Zurich’s largest department stores, the famous Zurich artist Otto Baumberger designed quite a few extraordinary posters. To advertise the oriental rugs for sale at Jelmoli, Baumberger shows us an exotic rug weaver at work. This poster is very rare and is the first edition printed by Fretz Bros. in 1916. There is a later print from 1933 with altered text and logotype.
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.: 1611
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- Company: Jelmoli AG, Zürich, CH
- Brand:Jelmoli Zürich, CH
- Printer: Gebr. Fretz AG, Zürich
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- Size: 128 x 90.5 cm / 50.4 x 35.6″
- Printing technique:Stone lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-/J
Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free Japanese vellum. - Category:
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- Publications:Das Schweizer Plakat - L‘affiche suisse - The Swiss Poster
Folder Schweizerische Nationalbank - 10 Ausstellungen - Swiss National Bank - 10 Exhibitions - No. 1
Fretz-Plakate
Reihe Schweizer Plakatgestalter 4 - Otto Baumberger 1889 - 1961 - Price:
CHF1400
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