No to shops closing, Hugo Laubi
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No to shops closing

Artist: Hugo Laubi
Year: 1941
Size: 128 x 90 cm / 50.4 x 35.4″
Price: CHF1200

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This political poster by Hugo Laubi was part of the voting campaign against a law about store closing hours, which was voted on in the plebiscite of 14 September, 1941. The poster reflects the intensity with which questions such as women’s voting rights, working hours and abortion law were publicly discussed and disputed at the time, especially before votes.

Artist: Hugo Laubi

Hugo Laubi was born in 1888 in Zurich, where he worked as an illustrator, painter and graphic artist until he died in 1959. He studied in Munich and Paris and worked as a graphic artist in London in 1911. In 1918 he became the director of the printing and lithography company Gebr. Fretz in Zurich and also worked as a freelance graphic artist. In 1920 he went to Philadelphia and New York. Laubi’s work as an illus... more

Hugo Laubi was born in 1888 in Zurich, where he worked as an illustrator, painter and graphic artist until he died in 1959. He studied in Munich and Paris an ...

d worked as a graphic artist in London in 1911. In 1918 he became the director of the printing and lithography company Gebr. Fretz in Zurich and also worked as a freelance graphic artist. In 1920 he went to Philadelphia and New York. Laubi’s work as an illus... more
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