Switzerland, Kurt Wirth
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Switzerland

Artist: Kurt Wirth
Year: 1952
Size: 101.7 x 64 cm / 40 x 25.2″
Price: CHF640

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Kurt Wirth was known for his highly effective posters for Swissair. This charming design dates from the early 1950s and features men and women in traditional costumes from various Swiss cantons to promote Switzerland as a tourist destination. The design was lithographed in various languages.

Artist: Kurt Wirth

Kurt Wirth (1917 to 1996) lived and worked in Berne. He served an apprenticeship as a graphic designer and opened his own studio in 1938. He co-founded the “Verband Schweizerischer Grafiker” (Swiss Graphic Designers Association) in 1938, over which he presided in the 1950s. Wirth was among the leading Swiss graphic designers after the Second World War, but he also made paintings and drawings, which were less w... more

Kurt Wirth (1917 to 1996) lived and worked in Berne. He served an apprenticeship as a graphic designer and opened his own studio in 1938. He co-founded the ...

Verband Schweizerischer Grafiker” (Swiss Graphic Designers Association) in 1938, over which he presided in the 1950s. Wirth was among the leading Swiss graphic designers after the Second World War, but he also made paintings and drawings, which were less w... more
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Original price was: CHF 1,000.00.Current price is: CHF 640.00.Order