The leading Zurich newspaper – The new Zurich Times
Artist: Otto Baumberger
Year: 1928
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
About this poster
The leading Zurich daily newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" is valued for its fine journalism on politics, science, business and arts and at the time had three issues a day. The outstanding and "top-heavy" poster for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung is a great Swiss poster classic from the late 1920s by the well-known Swiss master of poster design, Otto Baumberger, printed as a lithograph by the Wolfensberger printing company. The picture has its place in museum collections. This extremely rare poster is highly praised by avant-garde poster collectors. The typographically strong poster is a masterpiece by Baumberger, cleverly designed with the message that the three heads should stand for the claim to appear three times a day?
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.: 1419
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- Company: NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, CH
- Brand:NZZ Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, CH
- Printer: Graphische Anstalt J. E. Wolfensberger AG, Zürich, CH
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- Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
- Printing technique:Lithograph in colours
- Condition:
A-/L
Very good condition. Picture preserved. Wrinkles and small tears, if any, restricted to edges. Mounted on acid-free linen. - Category:
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